Early Work
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| Brother and Sister | Neretva River | Ozana | |
| Shafir's early experiments in painting were landscapes and
portraits depicting life in Kula, a small village in southern Yugoslavia,
where her family took refuge during the war. Using oil paints that were
salvaged from happier years, Shafir painted on book covers and traded her
paintings as exchange for food. Later in Israel, she rendered the faces
of new immigrants, survivors of the holocaust like herself, whose facial
features reflected their diverse ethnic origins. In the early sixties, as
the need to depict sad Jewish faces subsided, Shafir turned to nature as
a source of inspiration and created a rich set
of watercolor paintings full of whimsical creatures and imaginary worlds. Click on the above images to view selected artwork. |
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