The Choice of Paris
Elie Shamir
1988
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Elie Shamir
b. 1953
Israeli painter and sculptor Elie Shamir studied and later taught at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and at the College of Visual Art in Beersheva. Among the awards he has received are the America-Israel Prize for Culture (1979) and the Israel Education Ministry Prize (2005).
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Jerusalem, Israel
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