{{Short description|Moldovan-born Israeli artist (1898–1980)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Nachum Gutman<br>{{nobold|נחום גוטמן}} | image = File:Dan Hadani collection (990044439090205171).jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Gutman in 1920 | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|10|5}} | birth_place = [[Teleneşti]], [[Bessarabia Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1980|11|28|1898|10|15}} | field = [[Painting]] | training = [[Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design]] | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = [[Dizengoff Prize]], [[Lamdan Prize]], [[Israel Prize]] }} [[Image:HHGM 20121230 153928.jpg|thumb|Nachum Gutman mosaic wall at [[Shalom Tower]], where the old [[Herzliya Gymnasium]] once stood; detail showing orchards and a [[sakia|saqiya]] fountain outside old Jaffa]] '''Nachum Gutman''' (as he himself signed;<ref>{{Cite web |date=1969 |title=Nachum Gutman, the Tel-Aviv Museum |url=http://pictures.abebooks.com/KMULLENB/md/md18598162249.jpg |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> alternate [[romanisation]]: Nahum Gutman; {{langx|he|נחום גוטמן}}; October 5, 1898 &ndash; November 28, 1980) was a Moldovan-born Israeli [[Painting|painter]], [[sculpture|sculptor]], and author.

==Biography== Nachum Gutman was born in [[Teleneşti]], [[Bessarabia Governorate]], then a part of the [[Imperial Russia|Russian Empire]] (now in the [[Moldova|Republic of Moldova]]). He was the fourth child of Sim[c]ha Alter and Rivka Gutman. His father was a Hebrew writer and educator who wrote under the pen name {{ill|S. Ben Zion|he|ש. בן-ציון}}. In 1903, the family moved to [[Odessa]], and two years later, to [[Palestine (region)#Ottoman rule (1841–1917)|Ottoman Palestine]]. In 1908, Gutman attended the [[Herzliya Gymnasium]] in what would later become [[Tel Aviv]]. In 1912, he studied at the [[Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design|Bezalel School]] in [[Jerusalem]]. In 1920–26, he studied art in [[Vienna]], Berlin and Paris.

Gutman was married to Dora, with whom he had a son. After Gutman's death in 1980, Dora asked two Tel Aviv gallery owners, Meir Stern of Stern Gallery and Miriam Tawin of [[Shulamit Gallery]], to appraise the value all of the works left in his estate.<ref name="Gilerman">{{cite web|last=Gilerman |first=Dana |url=https://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/pinpointing-nahum-gutman-1.65779 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122080811/http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/pinpointing-nahum-gutman-1.65779 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2010 |title=Pinpointing Nahum Gutman |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=2001-08-01 |accessdate=2014-04-11}}</ref> [[File:Yitzhak Frenkel, Safed (997008137115005171).jpg|none|thumb|246x246px|Nahum Gutman, (the man to the right) at [[Yitzhak Frenkel]]'s (standing in the center) home in [[Safed]]]]

==Artistic career== [[Image:Gutmanstudio.jpg|thumb|Gutman's studio, [[Nahum Gutman Museum of Art]]]]

Gutman helped pioneer a distinctively Israeli style, moving away from the European influences of his teachers. He worked in many different media: [[Oil painting|oils]], [[Watercolor painting|watercolours]], [[gouache]] and [[pen and ink]].<ref name="Gilerman"/>

His sculptures and brightly colored mosaics can be seen in public places around Tel Aviv. Indoor murals depicting the history of [[Tel Aviv]] can be seen in the western wing of the Shalom Tower and the Chief Rabbinate building.

A mosaic fountain with scenes from the early days of Tel Aviv and biblical stories connected to Jaffa (inscribed with 3 Bible verses: Jeremiah 31:4, 2 Chronicles 2:16, Jonah 1:3), stood for 32 years at the end of [[Hayim Nahman Bialik|Bialik]] Street, opposite the old [[Tel Aviv]] municipality building.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-02-17 |title=Mosaic Mural – Mosaic Artist – Nahum Gutman – Shalom Tower – Tel Aviv, Israel |url=https://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/israel-may-1995-tel-aviv-mosaic-mural/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Mosaic Art Source |language=en}}</ref> In 2012 this mosaic fountain was reinstalled at the southern end of Rothschild Boulevard.<ref>{{Cite news |title=TA City Hall: Gutman Mosaic Destined for Ritzy Office Tower Courtyard |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2009-06-11/ty-article/ta-city-hall-gutman-mosaic-destined-for-ritzy-office-tower-courtyard/0000017f-f7f1-d460-afff-fff768a90000 |access-date=2023-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nahum Gutman fountain, Tel Aviv {{!}} PhotoStock-Israel Licensed stock photography |url=https://www.photostock-israel.com/image/I0000kd81nDVG5EQ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=www.photostock-israel.com}}</ref>

Gutman's artistic style was eclectic, ranging from figurative to abstract. Gutman was also a well-known writer and illustrator of children's books.

== Awards and recognition == [[File:Gutman bialik street.jpg|thumb|Rear side of mosaic fountain by Gutman at its original location (1976-2008) at Bialik Square, Tel Aviv]] Gutman received many art and literary prizes:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.judaicawebstore.com/ynetnews/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=P-1102 |title=A Street in Neve Zedek. Artist: Nachum Gutman. Hand Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Serigraph<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608180309/http://www.judaicawebstore.com/ynetnews/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=P-1102 |archive-date=2009-06-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1938: [[Dizengoff Prize]] for painting ''(also in 1956)''<ref name=Dizengoff>{{cite web|url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516742.pdf |title=List of Dizengoff Prize laureates |publisher=Tel Aviv Municipality |language=Hebrew |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217141815/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516742.pdf |archivedate=December 17, 2007 }}</ref> * 1946: [[Lamdan Prize]] for children's literature * 1955: Sicily Award for watercolor painting at the São Paulo Biennale * 1956: [[Dizengoff Prize]] for painting ''(also in 1938)''<ref name=Dizengoff/> * 1962: Hans Christian Andersen Literary Prize on behalf of Unesco for his book "Path of Orange Peels" * 1964: Yatziv Prize * 1969: Fichman Prize for Literature and Art * 1974: Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from [[Tel Aviv University]] * 1976: Honorary Citizen of [[Tel Aviv]] * 1978: [[Israel Prize]], for [[children's literature]]<ref name=prize>{{cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1978 (in Hebrew)| url = http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashlag/Tashmab_Tashlag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashlach}}</ref>

The Nachum Gutman Museum, showcasing the artist's work, was established in the [[Neve Tzedek]] neighborhood of Tel Aviv.

== Outdoor and public art == * 1961 A mosaic wall at the Chief Rabbinate building, [[Tel Aviv]] * 1966 A mosaic wall in memory of the Herzliya high school at Migdal Shalom (Shalom Tower), [[Tel Aviv]] * 1976 History of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, mosaic-decorated fountain, initially Bialik Square, now southern end of Rothschild Boulevard [[Tel Aviv]]

==Published works== *''Path of the Orange Peels: Adventures in the Early Days of Tel Aviv'' (English translation: Nelly Segal) Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979 *"Seven Mills and Another Station" (Sheva T'khanot ve'od Takhana), Yavneh 1956 *"In the Land of Lobengulu King of Zulu", Massadah 1940

== See also == *[[List of Israel Prize recipients]] *[[Neve Tzedek|Neve Tsedek]] *[[Eden Cinema]] *[[Aharon Chelouche|Aaron Chelouche]]

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

== External links == {{commons category|Nahum Gutman}} * {{IMJ-Collections|first=Nachum|last=Gutman|accessdate=26 February 2012 }} * {{IMJ-IAC|id=272359|name=Nachum Gutman|accessdate=26 February 2012 }} * {{Europeana|first=Nachum|last=Gutman|accessdate=26 February 2012}} * [http://www.gutmanmuseum.co.il/ The Nachum Gutman Museum] (in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and English) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060205114150/http://www.israeliscent.com/html/magazine/exhibitions/nahum-gutman-israeli-artist-01.htm Nachum Gutman – Illustrates stories of the Bible Exhibition] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070909212757/http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/tag/mosaic/mosaic-masters/nahum-gutman/ The Mosaics of Nachum Gutman]

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