Sgraffito Paintings in Israel Documentation & Conservation
Mika Tal Shay Farkash
Lecture at the: 6th INTERATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL PAINT RESEARCH CONFERENCE March 15 -17, 2017 New York, New York HOSTED BY COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY The lecture Topics:
• Our first Sgraffito project
• Sgraffito history and technique
• Documentation and Case studies By Perli Pelzig
2 Sgraffito Mural in kibbutz Eilon -2012
3 Damages Dirt Lichens Crumbling Fungus Cracks lacunas
4 ‘The Blacksmiths’ at Eshet Ayalon factory- Kibbuts Ayalon The Painter Meir Steingold 1952 Before
After
5 Halperin House - Kiryat Haim 1954-1980
6 Halperin House - Kiryat Haim 1954-1980
7 Halperin House - Kiryat Haim 1954-1980
8 Halperin House - Kiryat Haim 1954-1980
9 Halperin House - Kiryat Haim 1954-1980
10 Architectural Sgraffito Decoration Haifa 1925
11 Prague Architectural Sgraffito Barcelona
12 Figurative Sgraffito
Austria Germany
13 Sgraffito technique
Mixing Pigments / Oxides Lime, quartz sand & pozzolan
14 Base layer Pigmented layer
15 Dots template (Sinopia)
16 Sgraffito Tools
Old tools Modern tools
17 Carving into the lower layers
18 Relief in - Relief Out
19 Haifa Mordechai Gompel 1960
Kiryat Tiv'on
Haifa
20 Lebanon
Israel Map Syria the red dots presents the sits were we found Sgraffito murals. In every site there is one or more sgraffito.
Jordan
Egypt
21 Haifa, Pe’er Theatre 1953 by Perli Pelzig
22 Haifa, Pe’er Theatre 1953 by Perli Pelzig.
The Mural is 60 feet long and 10 feet high
23 Decoration of Tenement house, Tel Aviv- Yafo, 1970 by Dan & Ora Livni
24 Sgraffito sketch Three pilgrimage festivals in Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud by Arik Koren 1957 25 Karp House , Community Hall in Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud, 1959 by Arik Koren
26 Erosion and Cracks
27 Parachutists Memorial House, Kibbutz Ma’agan Fungus and by Arik Koren 1959 Cracks
28 Tiberias Hot Springs, Haifa, Biblical Stories by Avraham Yascil by Amos Yascil 1959 Neve Sha'anan, Haifa
29 Joseph and His Brethren By Aaron Giladi Elementary school Holon ~1960 Crumbling Cracks
The Sgraffito was painted on 24 Asbestos panels
30 Kibbutz Givat Haim by Michal Efrat, 1960
Kibbutz Sarid 1960
Culture Club
Kibbutz Sarid 2017 Dining room 31 Sea World- Kibbutz Sdot Yam by Michal Efrat 1960
32 Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’amakim chicken coop The painter studio by Avraham Omri, the Paintings were made between 1960-1990
Kinder garden - Noah's Ark
33 Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’amakim by Plaster separating from the wall, Avraham Omri Warehouse Crumbling and Cracks
34 Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’amakim by Avraham Omri The swimming pool entrance
Family house
35 Kibbutz Nir Itzaac Dining Room by Avraham Omri ~1965 Destroyed
Post card
36 Roda Reilenger Kibbtz Mishmar Ha’Emek & Kibbutz HaZorea 1960-1970
Sport hall 37 Kibbutz Zikkim, 1967 by Beni Shemesh
38 Peace Will Come, Kibbutz Yiftach by Nelly Ben Zvi 1970 Lichens and fungus
Sgraffito on a bomb shelter wall
3/26/2017 39 Kibbutz HaZorea, Kinder Garden ‘Hatzav’ by Daniel Levi 1980
40 Combining ceramic tiles with Sgraffito in Kibbutz Bror Hayil by Arie Kotler & Benjamin Buchbinder
41 Kibbutz Or HaNer, 2007 -2008 by Daniela Almeida & Jos’e Kura - from Argentina
42 Figurative Sgraffito Buffalo NY U.S.A. by Prof. Josef Slawinski
43 END but far from over
THANK YOU
Commodore Perry at Black Rock, 1969, Sgraffito by Prof. Slawinski West Hertel Middle School, Buffalo, NY
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