Naomi Henrik | |
Native Name: | נעמי הנריק |
Native Name Lang: | he |
Birth Name: | Naomi Tzalering/Zellering |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1920 |
Birth Place: | Akkerman, Bessarabia |
Death Place: | Ein Kerem, Israel |
Nationality: | Israeli |
Education: | Slade School of Fine Art |
Known For: | Sculpture, Memorial for the Pioneers of the Road to Jerusalem |
Notable Works: | Monument for the Pathbreakers to Jerusalem, Monument to the Martyrs of the 679th Brigade |
Spouse: | Ron Henrik |
Children: | Ruthie Henrik-Steinitz |
Awards: | Defense Ministry Prize for War of Independence Monument (1964), Monument Design Prize, Yad Vashem (1965) |
Naomi Henrik (Hebrew: נעמי הנריק, sometimes Noemi Hanreck) (Tzalering/Zellering; June 11, 1920 - March 23, 2018) was an Israeli sculptor. She is best known for the ("Monument for the Pathbreakers to Jerusalem") on a hill overseeing Sha'ar HaGai.[1]
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, 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. From 1971-72, she headed the Artists' House in Jerusalem.[1]
Naomi Henrik died at her home in Ein Kerem.[2]
1967: ("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]