title: Ben Avram
text: Edward Philips, Ben Avram (born 1941) is an artist who was born in Bombay, India and immigrated to Israel as a teenager. He graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 1965 and continues to call Jerusalem his home.
  
  Most of Ben Avram's oil paintings and watercolors portrays Israeli cities, religious festivals, and Bible stories. He paints in creamy sensual tones incorporating symbols such as doves, a menorah, and Shabbat candles.
  
  Exhibitions
  1964 Group exhibitions in the United States and Canada
  1977 Safrai Gallery, Jerusalem
  1981–1986 Artexpo, New York City
  1981–1986 Artexpo, Los Angeles
  2001–current Blue and White Art Gallery, Jerusalem
  
  Auction record
  The auction record for a painting by Ben Avram is $6,875.  This record was set by The Twelve Tribes, a 47.24 by 31.5 inch oil painting on canvas sold 28 December 2010 at Matsa for Public Auctions-Matsa Gallery (Tel Aviv).
  
  References
   Ben Avram, Edward, Passover Haggadah Illustrated by Ben Avram, Keshatot Arts, 1995, .
  
  Footnotes
  
  External links
    Ben Avram official site
   Biography of Ben Avram
   Edward Ben Avram - Art Profile
  
  1941 births
  Living people
  Indian emigrants to Israel
  Israeli people of Indian-Jewish descent
  Indian Jews
  Indian male painters
  Jewish painters
  Israeli male painters
  Jewish Israeli artists
  Artists from Mumbai
  20th-century Indian painters
  20th-century Israeli painters
  20th-century Israeli male artists
  Painters from Maharashtra
  20th-century Indian male artists