Shlomo Narinsky (1885–1960) was an Israeli photographer and painter who was born in the Russian Empire.[1][2] In the interwar period in Paris he also adopted the name Neroni.[3]

Shlomo Narinsky
שלמה נרינסקי (נראני)
Self Portrait, Haifa (ca. 1955)
BornJune 9, 1885
DiedFebruary 8, 1960(1960-02-08) (aged 74)

Life and career

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Narinsky was born in the village of Abyan in southern Russia, now Ukraine.[2][1] He studied painting in Moscow as a child, and photography in Paris (1904) and Berlin (1905).[1][2] He briefly returned to Russia after finishing his studies, but immigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1906, where he opened a photography studio in Jerusalem called "Photographic Unity" with Yaakov Hotimsky.[2][1] His wife Sonia, also a photographer, was a partner in the studio.[4] While he was there, he made a postcard collection of Palestine.[2] Narinsky's photography was influenced by the works of 19th-century European photographers. When World War I came Narinsky was exiled to Egypt where he worked in photography in Alexandria and then in Cairo. He moved to Paris in 1932 and opened another photography studio. In World War II he was interned in the detention camps in Saint-Denis and Drancy and was released in 1944 as part of a prisoner exchange. The couple returned to Palestine and settled in Kibbutz Ein Harod.[1][2] In the 1950s they moved to Haifa, where Shlomo Narinsky taught photography at the WIZO vocational school for girls until his death in 1960.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Shlomo Narinsky". The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Shlomo Narinsky". Central Zionist Archives. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ Gidal, Tim N. (1981). "S. Narinsky of Palestine". History of Photography. 5 (2): 125–128. doi:10.1080/03087298.1981.10442653. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ Jerusalem 1910-1920 - 40 Photogravures by S.Narinsky. First edition., published by Gamal Bros., Jerusalem, 1921. Presentation with bio at abebooks.com, accessed 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Presentation on theme: "Shlomo Narinsky Photographs of the Land of Israel" (quoting Tim Gidal and Vivienne Silver-Brody)". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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