Edith Galosh

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Edith Galosh, painter, sculptor, Ceramic Artist, born Hungary. In 1932 she went to live in Brasov, Rumania, where she worked as a graphic artist and designer for German and Hungarian newspapers. During the war she was interned in the concentration camp at Rosenau. In 1946 she left Rumania for Palestine, via Vienna, and there (Vienna) she was active as a teacher of art and she organized courses on behalf of the “Youth Aliyah” and the Seminar "Rutenberg”. During 1947/48 she was interned in Cyprus. She arrived in Israel in 1948 and worked at first as a painter and designer at the Palkeramik factory (ceramics), Haifa Bay. Directed the Municipal Art Center at Bat-Galim.

Education

Matriculated in 1925, in Cluj, Rumania. From 1925 until 1929 studied at the Academy of Art, Vienna,
1925-29 אקדמיה לאמנות, ווינה, אוסטריה

Teaching

Between 1950-1972 taught art at Kiryat Tivon and then in Haifa, Since 1972 teaches painting, sculpture and ceramics in her studio at Bat- Galim, Haifa

Awards and Prizes

1940 Three gold medals at exhibitions in Bucharest and Budapest