Ilan Baruch Explained

Ilan Baruch (born 1974) is an Israeli plein air landscape painter.

His "cactus" series, painted over a period of three years, began as "fastidiously rendered... sun-drenched, [and] naturalistic," progressing to images that are "expressive [and] closely cropped."^[1]

Invited to create a pair of new "Delft" tiles for the 2014 exhibition Blue-and-White Delftware, Baruch painted one with an olive tree and another with an image of the Dome of the Rock.

Solo exhibitions

• 1992, Nidbach (Layer), Jerusalem
• 2004, The Cactus: Introspections, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art^{[2] [1]}
• 2005, MonartMuseum
• 2013, "It was never truly a wilderness", at the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art

Group exhibitions

• 1999, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design^[3]
• 2000, Yanko Dada Museum in EinHod, "Introspection Time"^[3]
• 2000, "Observation Time"^[4]
• 2007, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, New Acquisitions^[3]
• 2014, Blue-and-White Delftware, Tel Aviv Museum of Art^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Goldfine. Gil. From the hand of the master. Jerusalem Post. 10 September 2004. .
2. Web site: Ilan Baruch. Southebys. 27 February 2007. 11 July 2016.
3. Web site: Ilan Baruch. Mikedam Gallery. 11 July 2016.
4. News: Goldfine. Gil. Observation Time. Jerusalem Post. 10 November 2000. .
5. News: Saar. Yuval. When Delft Pottery Means the Dome of the Rock. 11 July 2016. Haaretz. 12 July 2014.