Spanish Landscape
This striking oil painting beautifully captures the rustic grandeur and expansive beauty of Northern Spain. Utilizing an impressionistic approach with thick, dynamic brushstrokes, The artist depicts a winding country road that draws the viewer into a sun-drenched valley, framed by a cluster of traditional Spanish villas and a distant church spire. The composition is elegantly balanced by textured, towering trees in the right foreground, while a dramatic, rugged mountain range sweeps across the background under a vibrant blue sky. Perfectly capturing the regional warmth, texture, and serene old-world charm, this piece is an exceptional find for collectors of fine European landscapes.
Heilbut Avraham
Avraham Heilbut was born in Germany and came on Aliya with his parents in 1938, exactly one year before the outbreak of WWII. He was a resident of Haifa all his life here, married to Doris and father of two sons. He attended art lessons even before his military service during the War of Independence. He served in the Israeli army until discharge from reserve duty. Avraham studied painting with the best painters of Haifa of that time, Avraham Yaskiel, Menachem Shemi and Zvi Meirovitch. Yaskiel and Shemi had a major influence on his style, just as painters of the impressionist period. In some of his paintings a real influence of artists like Van Gogh and Manet can be noted. He used to draw sketches on trips in Israel and abroad which gave him inspiration to paint them later in oil or water colors. He made a living teaching art in schools in Haifa and surroundings. Many of his students owe their relationship to art to his lessons. He was a member of the Haifa Painters and Sculptors Association and participated in many group exhibitions. He never stopped painting till his last days.
Avraham Heilbut was born in Germany and came on Aliya with his parents in 1938, exactly one year before the outbreak of WWII. He was a resident of Haifa all his life here, married to Doris and father of two sons. He attended art lessons even before his military service during the War of Independence. He served in the Israeli army until discharge from reserve duty. Avraham studied painting with the best painters of Haifa of that time, Avraham Yaskiel, Menachem Shemi and Zvi Meirovitch. Yaskiel and Shemi had a major influence on his style, just as painters of the impressionist period. In some of his paintings a real influence of artists like Van Gogh and Manet can be noted. He used to draw sketches on trips in Israel and abroad which gave him inspiration to paint them later in oil or water colors. He made a living teaching art in schools in Haifa and surroundings. Many of his students owe their relationship to art to his lessons. He was a member of the Haifa Painters and Sculptors Association and participated in many group exhibitions. He never stopped painting till his last days.
