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Raffi Lavie

Raffi Lavie (1937 - 2007) was active/lived in Israel.  Raffi Lavie is known for Minimalist art using unconventional materials, emotional and personal symbols in paintings.

Raffi Lavie was born in 1937 in Ramat Gan and began his career in the visual art world after participating in an art class of Haim Gamzu at the former “people’s university” in Tel Aviv. In 1955, he joined the army but was released after being wounded and recognized as an IDF disabled veteran.

Lavie is considered by many to be one of the most important and influential artists in Israeli art in general, and Israeli painting in particular. In 1965, he began working as a teacher at HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts where he educated generations of young artists.

Lavie's paintings are characterized by specific signs which usually reflect his emotional, rational and personal world, looking at his paintings is like deciphering symbols, an act that requires a rich reservoir of complex associations. Lavie became the most identified minimalist artist who worked with materials that were not accepted and considered inferior.

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