Nehemia Azaz
Nehemia Azaz נחמיה עזז | |
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Azaz in the late 1950s at Harsa, Beersheba | |
| Born | 9 October 1923 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 27 October 2008 (aged 85) Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Known for | Sculpture, stained glass, ceramics |
Nehemia Azaz (Hebrew: נחמיה עזז), also Nehemiah, Henri or N H Azaz (9 October 1923 – 27 October 2008), was an Israeli sculptor, ceramicist and architectural artist, who spent half of his working life in the UK. Best known in Israel as founder of the Department of Artistic Ceramics at the Harsa factory in Beersheba, Azaz made his studio base in Oxfordshire, England from the late 1960s onwards, working in stained glass, wood, concrete, bronze, brass, copper and aluminium.