{{Short description|Israeli painter and sculptor (1931–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} thumb|Horam in 2016

'''Ruth Horam''' ({{langx|he|רות הורם}}; 2 – 1931 August 2021) was an Israeli painter and sculptor.<ref name=israelmuseum>{{Cite web| title = Ruth Horam from the Israeli artist list of the Information Center for Israeli Art at the Israel Museum| url = http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/default.asp?artist=273591&list=H| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813081743/http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/default.asp?artist=273591&list=H| archivedate = 13 August 2011}}</ref>

==Biography== Ruth Horam was born in 1931 in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lifeinlegacy.com/Display.aspx?weekof=2021-08-07|title = Life in Legacy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://museum.imj.org.il/artcenter/newsite/en/?artist=Horam,%20Ruth|title = Information Center for Israeli Art &#124; the Israel Museum, Jerusalem|website=Museum.imj.org.il}}</ref> She was a graduate of the Rehavia Gymnasium in Jerusalem and of Saint Martin's School of Art in London. In 1960, she won the UNESCO Prize for Painting, in Paris.<ref name=israelmuseum/> She was married to Yehuda Horam, who served as Israeli ambassador to Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/switzerland-decides-not-to-judge-plos-request-on-genev-a-conventions|title=Switzerland Decides Not to Judge Plo's Request on Genev a Conventions|website=Jta.org|date=15 September 1989|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref> Between 1964 and 1967, she chaired the Jerusalem Association of Painters and Sculptors. In 1969 she travelled to Seoul, South Korea where she studied the art of calligraphy, returning to Israel in 1973. In 1983, she was Guest-Artist at 'Arabia' Ceramics in Finland. In 1996 she received the MASTO Foundation grant for Creativity.<ref name=israelmuseum/> Horam was a resident of Jerusalem until her death on 2 August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/regionen/erfurt/schoepferin-des-erfurter-paradiesbaumes-ist-verstorben-id232943279.html|title=Schöpferin des Erfurter Paradiesbaumes ist verstorben|date=2 August 2021|website=Thueringer-allgemeine.de|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>

==Art career == thumb|Ruth Horam sculpture Since 1993, Horam had worked at the Jerusalem Printing Workshop. Her monotype prints were developed from multi-layered freely printed meshes. In the process she interposed various materials such as paper cuttings, leaves, twigs, scraps of fabric, and photos of nature or urban landscapes. Her works were conceived and done in groups following a theme, each print being a unique creation.

Horam produced environmental sculptures in Jerusalem and other parts of the country. Some of her work was carried out in collaboration with sculptor Magdalena Hefetz. Horam's focal point was ecology and recycling, using such materials as old car parts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.art.org.il/?jerusalem-artists=horam-rut&lang=en|title=Horam Rut « The Jerusalem Artists House – בית האמנים בירושלים|website=Art.org.il|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>

==See also== *Visual arts in Israel

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== External links == *[http://ruthoram.com/english.html Horam Art and More] - The official Ruth Horam website *{{IMJ-IAC|id=273591|access-date= 1 February 2012}} *{{IMJ-Collections|last=Horam|first=Ruth|access-date=1 February 2012}}

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