Smira Shaul

Shaul Smira (Hebrew: שאול סמירה‎; born 1939) is an Iraqi-born Israeli-American painter and printmaker known for his expressive realism and layered compositions. He emigrated to Israel in 1951. From 1959 to 1962 he studied at the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv. In 1965, he moved to Paris and continued his artistic training at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1971, he studied etching and lithography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1976, he began experimenting with cast paper techniques in Belgium, and in 1985, he attended lithography workshops at Atelier Moretto. Since 1978, Smira has lived and worked in New York City with his wife, Batia Smira, where he continues to create and exhibit his work internationally. (Internet, BT)