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Yeshayau Sheinfeld (Scheinfeld) (1909–1979) was an Israeli painter and industrialist.
Early life and work
Sheinfeld was born in Bessarabia and in 1929 he emigrated to Mandate Palestine. He first resided in Magdiel, then in 1941 relocated to Petach Tikva where he found employment as a stonecutter and a road worker. In 1947, he established his own stonecutting factory which in time became one of the biggest quarries in Israel, producing thousands of tons of materials daily for the Israeli construction and road industry.
Painting career
It was only in 1969 at age 60, that Scheinfeld first took up a paintbrush. In his first year, unwilling to reveal the need for self-expression, Scheinfeld worked surreptitiously in the early mornings or late nights - when no one was about.
Just a year later, in 1970, after a successful group exhibition in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Scheinfeld was recognized as one of the striking artists on the local Naïve art scene. Although his usual subject matter was the scenery of the land of Israel, Scheinfeld introduced the landscape using a mosaic pattern, something that had become his unique artistic signature. While Scheinfeld's favorite media were tempera and ink on board, he also worked in various others including acrylic on canvas and board, etching with hand-painted colors, mixed-media collage and even weaving.
Between 1971 and 1975, Scheinfeld gained a wide international recognition and his artworks were exhibited not only in Israel, but also in Europe and in North and South America. In 1975, Scheinfeld's colorful pen-and-ink artwork ‘Aqueduct’ was featured in UNICEF’s New Year Round collection.
Although Scheinfeld had only a short ten-year career as an artist, in 2004 he was recognized by INSITA, the International Triennial congress of Naïve self-taught Art, as one of the four exceptional artists who played a major role in the international context of 20th century art.
Collections
Petach-Tikva Museum of Art, Petach-Tikva, Israel
The President's Residence, Jerusalem, Israel
Stadshof Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Musee d’Art spontane, Bruxelles, Belgium
Musea Oost-Vlaanderen in Evolutie (MovE) Gent, Belgium
Museum of La Creation Franche Begles, France
The Magnes Collection of Jewish art and life, Berkeley University of California, United States
Gallery of International Naive Art (GINA), Tel Aviv, Israel
Exhibitions
= 1970
=Yad-Lebanim Museum, Petach Tikva, Israel
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
= 1971
=Municipal Museum, Holon, Israel
Israel-America Cultural Foundation, New York, USA
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, New York, USA
Gallery La Boetle, New York, USA
The Naive Art Gallery, New York, USA
The Great Neck Library, New York, USA
Traklin Gallery, Haifa, Israel
Ben Yehuda Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
= 1972
=The Naïve Art Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
The Magnes Collection of Jewish art and life, Berkeley USA
= 1973
=Queens County Art & Cultural Center, New York, USA
Ile Mostra Internazionale dei Naifs Contemporanei, Lugano, Switzerland
Great Neck Library, New York, USA
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Yad-Lebanim Museum, Petach Tikva, Israel
= 1974
=Gumprecht Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Regard Gallery, Lyon, France
Ben Uri Museum, London, UK
= 1975
=UNICEF's Year Round collection, The United Nations NY, USA
Runhof Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
France TV art expo (French public national TV), Paris, France
Sara Bar Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
= 1976
=Yad-Lebanim Museum, Petach Tikva, Israel
= 1977
=Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation, Montreal, Canada
The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel
= 1978
=Delson Richter Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
= 1980
=Petach Tikva Museum of Art, "In memory of J. Scheinfeld", Petach Tikva, Israel
= 1984
=Rein C G Galleries, Minneapolis, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel
= 1987
=Galerie de Oogappel, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Galerie Hamer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
= 1990
=Galerie Hamer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
= 2000
=Galerie Hamer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
= 2004
=Galerie Hamer, "Yeshayahu Scheinfeld", Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Galerie Hamer, "Naieven Outsiders", Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Slovak National Gallery, INSITA 2004, Bratislava, Slovakia
= 2007
=Petach Tikva Museum of Art, "Petting Corner", Petach Tikva, Israel
Monart Art Museum, Ashdod, Israel
Slovak National Gallery, INSITA 2007, Bratislava, Slovakia
= 2008
=Petach Tikva Museum of Art, "Etchings, Scratches and Scars- Changing Representations of the Israeli Soldier", Petach Tikva, Israel
Kunsthaus Kannen, "Magic Arquitecture", Münster, Germany
= 2012
=Musée d'art spontané, "Visions Orientales Exposition d'Adib Fattal et Yeshayahu Scheinfeld", Brussels, Belgium
= 2014
=Petach Tikva Museum of Art, "Sea, Sail & a Boat", Petach Tikva, Israel
Petach Tikva Museum of Art, "Fracture", Petach Tikva, Israel
= 2015
=Petach Tikva Museum of Art, "Urban Legend", Petach Tikva, Israel
External links
Tidhar, David (1947). "Yeshayahu (Shayke) Sheinfeld" ישעיהו (שייקה) שינפלד. Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 19. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 5602.