Eli Ilan
Ilan was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enrolled in a premedical curriculum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and emigrated to Israel in 1948. He then studied pre-historic archaeology and physical anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Also recorded as Eli Ilan (1928-1982)
Eli Ilan
Eli Ilan Family album · אבישי טייכר · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Eli Ilan
- Born
- 1928
- Birthplace
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Died
- 1 January 1982
- Place of death
- Caesarea, Israel
- Known for
- Sculpture
- Education
- * University of British Columbia
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Fields
- art of sculpture
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Ilan was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enrolled in a premedical curriculum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and emigrated to Israel in 1948. He then studied pre-historic archaeology and physical anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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In 1956, he returned to Canada to study sculpture at the Ontario College of Art & Design. He lived in Kibbutz Sasa from 1959 to 1963. He died in 1982 in Caesarea, Israel.
Eli Ilan studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and OCAD University. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Work by Eli Ilan is recorded in the collections of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Manchester Art Gallery.
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• Name — Eli Ilan • Native Name — אלי אילן • Born — 1928 • Birthplace — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada • Died — 1 January 1982 • Place of death — Caesarea, Israel • Known for — Sculpture • Education — * University of British Columbia • Hebrew University of Jerusalem • Ontario College of Art & Design • Notable Works — Dolmenic Arch I (1981), Tel Aviv University Eli Ilan (1928 – 1982) was an Israeli sculptor. • Illustration — 'Dolmenic Arch I' (1981), Tel Aviv University
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1928
Eli Ilan born at Winnipeg.
1982
Eli Ilan died at Caesarea.
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