What is Yosl Bergner?
[[File:Yosl Bergner.jpg|thumb|Bergner in 1979]] '''Yosl Bergner''' ({{Lang-he|יוסל ברגנר}}&lrm;; 13 October 1920 &ndash; 18 January 2017) was an [[Israel]]i [[Painting|painter]]. He was best known for his art which had people with long pale faces, pointed chins and huge dark, soulful eyes. This was said to show joy and sadness of being [[Jewish]]. He was awarded the [[Israel Prize]] in 1980. Bergner was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. He grew up in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]. He lived in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] from 1937 until 1948, when he moved to Israel. Bergner died on 18 January 2017 in [[Tel Aviv]] at the age of 96.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Yosl-Bergner-dead-at-96-478842|title=Yosl Bergner dead at 96|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=19 January 2017|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergner, Yosl}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian Jews]] [[Category:Israeli Jews]] [[Category:Israeli painters]] [[Category:Jewish artists]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel]] [[Category:People from Vienna]] [[Category:People from Warsaw]] [[Category:Polish Jews]] {{Bio-stub}}