Artist: William Weintraub
Title: “Soldier”
Year: 1967
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated
28.25 in. x 19.25 in.
34.25 x 25.25 inches

Weintraub, William

American-born, “Sonny” Weintraub is one of Israeli’s best-known young painters of Israelis, Yemenite and Oriental children, as well as old people (including Ben Gurion and Gold Meier) are among his favorite subjects and his work can be found in the homes of European and American collectors. 

He is a graduate of the Maryland Institute of art and studied under the renowned teacher Jacques Maroger. 

As a volunteer in the US Merchant Marine during World War II, Weintraub found subjects for his early canvases on his trips to Europe and the Mediterranean.  An Aliyah Bet volunteer, he was briefly interned in Cyprus by the British before arriving in Palestine to participate in the War of Liberation.  Following a stint in the Israeli Merchant Navy, Weintraub settled in Tel Aviv in 1955 to paint full-time.  He held successful shows and participated in group exhibits in Israel and abroad.