Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: nftly vzm; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.

Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppression, in constant fear for the safety of his parents, who perished in the Holocaust in the Polish Auschwitz concentration camp. Naftali emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1939, at the age of fourteen with a Youth Aliyah group.

From 1943 to 1946, he studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem with Israeli painter Mordecai Ardon. He then spent three years studying in Paris.

His most famous public works include a wall relief at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the ceiling mural in the main reception room at the President's Residence, Jerusalem.

In 1957, Bezem was a co-recipient of the Dizengoff Prize for Painting.


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Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Good
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