Naomi Henrik
Naomi Henrik (Hebrew: נעמי הנריק, sometimes Noemi Hanreck) (née Tzalering/Zellering; June 11, 1920 - March 23, 2018) was an Israeli sculptor. She is best known for the Memorial for the Pioneers of the Road to Jerusalem ("Monument for the Pathbreakers to Jerusalem") on a hill overseeing Sha'ar HaGai.[1]
Biography[edit]
Naomi Henrik was born in the city of Akkerman in Bessarabia to the family of gynecologist Dr. Shaul Zellering (Russian: Цалеринг, Tzalering). In 1930, she and her family immigrated to the Land of Israel.[1]
She studied at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium and the Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv. She studied sculpture with Zeev Ben-Zvi in Jerusalem and in 1945 she moved to London to continue her studies in sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art.[1]
During World War II, she met her future husband Ron, and they were married in 1945. They had a daughter, Ruthie Henrik-Steinitz.[2] From 1971-72, she headed the Artists' House in Jerusalem.[1]
Death[edit]
Naomi Henrik died at her home in Ein Kerem.[2]
Work[edit]
1974: Monument to the Martyrs of the 679th Brigade[3][2]
1967: Memorial for the Pioneers of the Road to Jerusalem ("Monument for the Pathbreakers to Jerusalem")[4]
1962: she won the competition for the monument at Yad Vashem "to symbolize the heroism of the Jews during the Holocaust" (The runner-up was Nathan Rapoport), but unfortunately her project was never realized and eventually in 1970 the Pillar of Heroism by Buky Schwartz was erected instead. [5][6]
She also devoted herself to works in mosaic.[2]
Awards[edit]
- 1964: Defense Ministry Prize for War of Independence Monument[1]
- 1965: Monument Design Prize, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Noemi Hanreck", Information Center for Israeli Art
- ^ a b c d Naama Riva, מתה נעמי הנריק, מעצבת אנדרטת פורצי הדרך בעלייה לירושלים, Haaretz, March 25, 2018
- ^ Michael Jacobson, סיבוב באנדרטה לחללי חטיבה 679 בגולן. Accessed April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Inauguration of the Memorial for the Pioneers of the Road to Jerusalem" (video at the Israeli Film Archive, 1967)
- ^ פרס ראשון לאמנית _*תשלמית לתכנון גלעד הגבורה בבירה, Davar, November 29, 1962
- ^ Doron Bar, Yad Vashem: The Challenge of Shaping a Holocaust Remembrance Site, 1942–1976, 2021, ISBN 3110721619, p. 170
Further reading[edit]
- Esther Levinger, "Women and War Memorials in Israel", Woman’s Art Journal, vol. 16, no. 1 (1995), pp. 40–46. doi:10.2307/1358629