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Emanuel Hatzofe (1928 – 19 July 2019) was an Israeli sculptor.

Emanuel Hatzofe was born in Tel Aviv. Before the establishment of the State, Hatzofe joined the Palmach. He was wounded in the 1947–1949 Palestine war. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem from 1946 to 1947 and then pursued advanced studies with sculptor Ben Zvi. He joined the Merchant Marine and became a sea captain.

Hatzofe received first prize at the 1995 Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale in Hokkaidō, Japan.

Hatzofe died on 19 July 2019, aged 90.

Works

Hatzofe's public sculptures include:

• Holocaust and Heroism, 1990, Tel Aviv University
• The Throne, 1991, Tel Aviv University
• Anchor, 1993, Ra'anana, Israel
• Boat, 2003, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

See also

• Visual arts in Israel

References

1. "הפסל עמנואל הצופה הלך לעולמו בגיל 90". ynet (in Hebrew). 2019-07-21. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
2. As rockets fly, grumpy old men shrug, The Forward

External links

• Emmanuel Hatzofe Blog
• The Israel Museum Jerusalem

• 1928 births
• 2019 deaths
• Jewish sculptors
• Israeli modern sculptors
• Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design alumni