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Ruth Dorrit Yacoby |
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Ruth Dorrit Ben-Dan
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5 November 2015 (aged 63) |
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Ruth Dorrit Yacoby (Hebrew: רות דורית יעקובי‎; 28 April 1952 – 5 November 2015) was
an Israeli painter
and poet.
Biography
Yacoby was born in the Galilee to Canadian-
and Iraqi-born
immigrants Hilda (née Lyons)
and Avraham Ezekiel, and was raised in Moshav Arbel.[1][2] She married Giora Yacoby on completion
of her service in the Artillery Corps in 1972, and the two
moved to Beersheba in 1976. There, she studied behavioural sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and
painting at the Visual Arts College. She
went on to continue her artistic training at the Teachers Training College
in Ramat Hasharon.[3]
Her first solo exhibition, entitled "Woman on an Illuminated Table," was held at the Israel Museum in 1987. Yacoby's work has been since displayed at museums and galleries across Israel, as well as in Canada, Japan, Cuba, China, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, and the Vatican.
She died of cancer on 5 November 2015.
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