Concert in memory of Nahum
Gutman at the Russian Cultural Center
October 28 : The Russian Cultural Center in Tel Aviv hosted
a literary and artistic evening
dedicated to the life and
work of an
outstanding Israeli artist Nahum Gutman
(1898-1980).
The evening was dedicated to
the exit of the light
in Russian colorful album about the life
and work of H. Gutmann and
equipped with dozens of colorful
reproductions of paintings and drawings
of the master.
Welcoming the participants and guests of the
evening, Director of the RCC, AA Kryukov noted the special
place and the impact of
creativity N. Gutman on the formation
and development of the new
Hebrew culture in the Jewish
community of Palestine and Israel.
The works of the artist
telling the famous Israeli writer, literary critic and art
historian, Ehud Ben-Ezer, who knew
the artist personally, and carried out the
literary writing memoirs Gutmann "Between the sands
and the blue
of heaven." Because of the popularity,
the book was translated from Hebrew into
Russian and is known to
readers not only in Israel
but also in Russia.
Ben-Ezer also wrote the lyrics
to the album
Gutmann, issued originally in Hebrew.
Translate text into Russian album Efraim
Bauch, a famous Israeli writer and literary
critic, chairman of Federation of
Unions of Writers of Israel
spoke about the artistic and
aesthetic creativity and Gutmann's impact on the entire
process of the formation of a new
Hebrew culture in the twentieth
century. This theme was also continued by Rina Jacques,Director of Tel Aviv publishing Mercury, which prepared and published
a Russian version of the
album.
The evening also featured two
short films about the Israeli
N. Gutmane shot in the 70 years
of the last
century, and the original children's
books he illustrated much to the guests delight.