Herman Gold

Herman Gold was born in 1933 in Kursk. During the Second World War his family was evacuated, and by the age of thirteen painting had become his whole life. He studied at the art school in Yelets and later in Moscow under Nikolai Zhukov, living and working in his studio.

In the late 1950s, at a time when Jewish themes were unwelcome in Soviet art, he began his Jewish series: the shtetl, old men over their books, Shabbat candles, music, family and prayer. He has continued it for more than sixty years. He lived and worked in Kyiv for over four decades and was named Honored Artist of Ukraine. His works are held in museums and private collections in Ukraine, Israel, the United States, Europe and Japan.

In 2022, at the age of 88, he made aliyah, and today he lives and paints in Israel.

Art school in Yelets.
Studied in Moscow under the artist Nikolai Zhukov, living and working in his studio.