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Ruth Dorrit Yacoby

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Ruth Dorrit Yacoby
Born
Ruth Dorrit Ben-Dan

(1952-04-28)28 April 1952
Died5 November 2015(2015-11-05) (aged 63)
Websiteruthdorrityacoby.com

Ruth Dorrit Yacoby (Hebrew: רות דורית יעקובי; 28 April 1952 – 5 November 2015) was an Israeli painter and poet.

Biography

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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.[3] 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.[2]

She died of cancer on 5 November 2015.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Levine, Angela (5 May 2016). "The woman of the thousand voices". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Lori, Aviva (16 March 2012). "רות דורית ועמרם יעקובי" [Ruth Dorrit and Amram Yacoby]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 21 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b Levine, Angela (2005). "Ruth Dorrit Yacoby: Woman Holding the Stream of Her Life". Woman's Art Journal. 26 (2): 38–43. doi:10.2307/3598097. JSTOR 3598097.
  4. ^ Litman, Shani (7 November 2015). "מתה האמנית רות דורית יעקובי". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 27 May 2017.