Yosl Bergner
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| Born | 13 October 1920 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 18 January 2017 (aged 96) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
Yosl Bergner (Hebrew: יוסל ברגנר; 13 October 1920 – 18 January 2017) was an Israeli painter. He was born in Vienna, Austria, grew up in Warsaw, Poland, lived in Melbourne, Australia from 1937 until 1948, when he moved to Israel.
Yosl Bergner was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1920 and grew up in Warsaw, Poland.
With rampant anti-Semitism in Europe, the Freeland League for Jewish Territorial Colonization was formed in the United States in July 1935, to search for a potential Jewish homeland. Soon afterwards a pastoral firm in Australia offered the League about 16,500 square kilometres (6,400 sq mi) in the Kimberleys, stretching from the north of Western Australia into the Northern Territory. As history showed, the plans went nowhere. But for a time, the Australian idea was at least worth considering. Bergner's father, Melech Ravitch, became involved in a serious investigation of the Kimberley Plan.
In this way the Bergner family moved to Australia. Yosl emigrated to Australia in 1937 and studied in the National Gallery School in Melbourne until the outbreak of World War II. He served for four and a half years in the Australian Army, and later continued his studies at the Art School.
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