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A light touch forged in darkness: Avigdor Arikha,
Avigdor Arikha,
The exquisite poise and quiet understatement of the work of Avigdor Arikha belies in style its passionate author, who died in Paris last week at His paintings and pastels, infused with light and light in touch, were executed from direct observation and alla prima – in a single session.
His character, on the other hand, was forged in darkness.
Arikha was the supreme marvel of Israeli art, despite having only ever lived in the promised land for five years, in his youth.
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A survivor of Nazi labor camps and an arduous wartime trek to Palestine (his drawings, shown to a Red Cross delegation, secured his and his mother’s release—his father was later murdered), Arikha fought in Israel’s War of Independence and was given up for dead from injuries sustained.
His reward was his cherished dream: to study in Paris.
There he excelled in an abstract idiom which brought him early success. But with characteristic obst