1942
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Born December 15 to Sonia and Mordechai Reichwarger (years later, after his arrival in Israel, Jan would change his surname to Rauchwerger). Place of birth: Bairam Ali, Turkmenistan, to which the family was evacuated from Kharkov, Ukraine, because of the war
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1943
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After the Ukraine is liberated from German occupation, the family moves back, settling in the new capital, Kiev
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1954-61
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Studies in T. H. Shevchenko High School of Art, adjoining the Kiev Academy of Art. Becomes an admirer of El Greco and of the Impressionists
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1961-64
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Serves in the Soviet Army, first in Kiev and later in the Western Ukraine, near Lvov
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1964-68
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Studies in the Graphic Design Department of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute
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1965-73
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Becomes the pupil of Moscow artist Vladimir Weisberg (Vladimir Weisberg - 1924-1985)
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1972
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His parents and brother immigrate to Israel, where his father dies after four months
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1973
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On June 25 immigrates to Israel with his wife Irina, also an artist. From the autumn 1973 to 1978 teaches drawing and watercolor at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv
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1974
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Organizes an exhibition of works by his father, artist Mordechai Reichwarger, at the Zvi Noam Gallery, Tel Aviv.
Trip to Paris
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1975
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Organizes the first personal exhibition of Vladimir Weisberg's works from Rauchwerger's collection at the Israel Museum (Curator Yona Fischer).
His daughter Miri is born
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1977
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His son Motti is born
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1979
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First trip to New York. Moves to Jaffa. Organizes an exhibition of Vladimir Weisberg's works in Tel Aviv Art Muzeum (Curators Nehama Guralnik, Marc Scheps)
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1980
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Trip to Italy and Switzerland
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1980-82
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Teaches at the Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem
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1982-83
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Spends the year at the Cite des Arts, Paris
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1983-85
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Separates from Irina
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1986-89
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Marries Galit. Their sons Daniel Vladimir and Nadav Aharon are born. Becomes affiliated with the Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
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1988-93
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Works in a studio at Sadnaot Ha'omanim (the Artists' Studio), Tel Aviv-Jaffa
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1990
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Spends approximately half a year in Italy
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1992-98
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Lives and works in Jaffa. Begins to create etchings at Kibbutz Cabri's print workshop
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1993
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First visit to Moscow after twenty years. First Personal exhibition in Moscow
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1998-2001
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Lives In New York; works in a studio in Long Island City
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From 2002
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Lives and works in Jaffa – Tel Aviv
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Solo Exhibitions
1975 - Zvi Noam Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1976 - Zvi Noam Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1978 - Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
1979 - Delson-Richter Gallery, Jaffa
1980 - Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
1980 - Culture Center, Rehovot
1981 - Riebenfeld House,
Jaffa Radius Gallery, Tel Aviv
1983 - Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
Vorst Gallery, Amsterdam
Jan Rauchwerger: Recent Works. Cite des Arts, Paris
1985 - Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Beit Nehushtan, Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'acov
1986 - Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot Gallery
Kibbutz Cabri Gallery
Jan Rauchwerger: Tours in Rome (1969-1986). Maimad Katan Gallery, Tel Aviv
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1987 - Jan Rauchwerger: Works 1983-86, Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv (Catalogue]
1988 - Galit Rauchwerger /Jan Rauchwerger: Photographs, Maimad Visual Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1989 - Jan Rauchwerger: In the Family - Art as Autobiography, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan (Catalogue)
Jan Rauchwerger: Orchards. Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaot Gallery
1990 - Jan Rauchwerger: Works on Paper, Museurm of the Negev, Be'er Sheva (Catalogue)
1991 - Jan Rauchwerger: Nude. Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Jan Rauchwerger: Bat Yam landscapes. Schloss Britz, Berlin
1992 - Yehudit Levin Selects. Artists' Studios, Tel Aviv
Jan Rauchwerger: Flowers. Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
1993 - Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra Gallery
Mizrachi against Rauchwerger, Binelh Gallery, Tel Aviv
1994 - Jan Rauchwerger: Painting 1983-1993, The Moscow Palette Gallery, Moscow, (Catalogue)
Kibbutz Nachshon Gallery
1995 - Drawings, Studio Gallery, Ra'anana
Jan Rauchwerger: Landscapes of the North, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv (Catalogue)
Gallery Inge Herbert, Berlin
1996 - Alisa, Talya, and Tonya from Novosibirsk, Haifa University Art Gallery, Haifa
1997 - Jan Rauchwerger: Four hours, period. Reuven Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv (Book: Anthology of poetry and portraits the poets by Jan Rauchwerger)
1997-8 - Recent Paintings, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998 - Jan Rauchwerger/ Michael Kovner: Port. Haifa Muzeum of Art, Haifa (Catalogue)
2001 - Jan Rauchwerger 1998-2000. Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv (Catalogue)
2002 - Jan Rauchwerger and Avner Katz, Back to Back, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Jan Rauchwerger: Winter Travel, Goren Art Gallery, Emek Yizrael College
2002-3- Jan Rauchwerger: Recent Works, 2000-2002. Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004 - Jan Rauchwerger: Shades of Feeling Works from 1979 to 2003, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Catalogue)
Jan Rauchwerger: Russia, from the early 60's (Catalogue)
Jan Rauchwerger: Shades of Feeling – State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2006 - Jan Rauchwerger: Child's play. Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv
Beyachad Galit Rauchwerger/Jan Rauchwerger Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008 - Jan Rauchwerger: A Portait, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2009 - Jan Rauchwerger: Recent works 2007-2009, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv (Catalogue)
2011 - Jan Rauchwerger: Pastel on Paper. Zimak Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 - “Har-Zion corner of Chachmey Israel” , Zeamak Contemporery Art, Tel Aviv
“The Ball of my Life: Prints and more”. Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel
2015 - “Parthenon in my Life”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat.)
2016 - ‘Lost Form’, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat)
2020 - Jan Rauchwerger The Big Grove, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, curator Dr. Aya Lurie, (cat)
Awards and Grants
1984 Israel Discount Bank Prize for an Israeli Artist, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1986 Oscar Hendler Priae, Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaot
1998 Meir Dizengoff Prize for Painting, Tet Aviv Municipality
2007 Rappaport Prize for an Established Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Publications
- Jan Rauchwerger: Works 1983-86. Ephrat Gallety, Tel Aviv, 1987. Text by Mordechai Omer
- Jan Rauchwerger: In the Family – Art as Autobiography. Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, 1989. Text by Mordechai Omer. Later republished in: Articles on Israeli Art, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, 1992
- Jan Rauchwerger: Works on Paper. Museum of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, 1990. Text by Haim Finkelstein
- Jan Rauchwerger; Painting 1983-1993. The Moscow Palette Gallery, Moscow, 1994. Text by Galina Yelshevskaya
- Jan Rauchwerger: Landscapes of the North, Bineth Gallety, Tel Aviv, 1995. Text by Adam Baruch
- Four hours, period. Portraits of poets and their poetry. Even Hoshen, Ra'anana, 1997
- Jan Rauchwerger: Sketchbook 1996-1997 (Hebrew). Private publication, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1997
- Gideon Ofrat: One Hundred Years of Art in Israel. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1998
- Jan Rauchwerger /Michael Kovner: Port. Haifa Museum, The National Maritime Museum, Haifa, 1998. Text by Daniella Talmor
- Jan Rauchwerger, Portraits. ArtLog, Tel Aviv – New York, 2000, Text by Dominique Nahas
- Arturo Schwarz, Love at first Sight: The Vera, Silvia, and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2000, pp. 82-33,104
- Jan Rauchwerger 1998-2000, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2001. Text by Dominique Nahas
- Jan Rauchwerger: Landscapes, 13 etchings. Dov Gottesman Publishing House, 2003. Text by Igal Zalmona, Ofer Lellouche
- Shades of Feeling, Jan Rauchwerger, Works from 1979-2003, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Text by Ruth Apter-Gabriel, Tali Tamir, 2004
- Jan Rauchwerger: Works from the 60'. Bineth Galery Tel Aviv, 2004.Text by Masha Topaz,
- Jan Rauchwerger: Painting. Gesharim, Jerusalem-Moscow, 2004. Text by Michail Gendelev
- Jan Rauchwerger, Child's Play, Alon Segev Galery, Text by Michal Peleg, Tel Aviv, 2006
- Look Behind the Scenes, Conversations with Jan Rauchwerger by Michal Peleg, Carmel, Jerusalem, 2007
- Jan Rauchwerger: A Portait, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2008. Text by Mordechai Omer, Israel Pinkas, Noga Ternopolsky, Shva Salhov
- Jan Rauchwerger: Recent works, 2007-2009. Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2009. Text by Menahem Goldenberg
- Jan Rauchwerger: Red horse, white lion. Childhood in Poetry and Painting, Halfi, Tel Aviv, 2009. Text by Niza Ben Ari
- Jan Rauchwerger: Pastel on Paper. Zimak Contemporary Art, 2011, Tel Aviv. Text by Adi Puterman
- Jan Rauchwerger, Agi Mishol: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. Poems and etchings. Mosad Bialik, Jerusalem, 2011.
- Oren Hadar (director & editor), Jan R. 2013, Short film, 2013.