What is Abraham Yakin?
[[File:Grandpa Yakin.jpg|right|200px|]] '''Abraham Yakin''' ({{lang-he| אברהם יכין }}; 31 July 1924 – 10 May 2020) was an Israeli artist. Abraham Yakin was born in [[Jerusalem]]. He started his artistic training at [[Bezalel Academy of Art and Design|Bezalel Academy]] after [[World War II]]. Yakin joined the [[Israel Defense Forces]] after Israel declared [[independence]]. He had his first [[Art_exhibition|exhibition]] in 1953. In 1957 he married [[Hannah Yakin|Hannah]]. In 1961, Yakin won the international Adolphe Neumann Prize in Paris. His works are in the [[Israel Museum]], Jerusalem, the [[Musee d'Art Juif]], Paris, and several museums in the Netherlands. Yakin died on 10 May 2020 in Jerusalem, aged 95.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/436686|title=האומן אברהם יכין הלך לעולמו - חדשות בארץ - ערוץ 7 חדשות, פוליטיקה, תרבות, יהדות ועוד}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yakin, Abraham}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Israeli painters]] [[Category:People from Jerusalem]] {{bio-stub}}