Boris Lekar
Architect of light
1932–2010
Painter, architect and monumental artist. Born in Kharkiv, he worked for three decades in Kyiv before settling in Jerusalem in 1990. He painted in watercolor, tempera and oil, and his lifelong subject was light. He exhibited in Israel and abroad, including at the Israel Museum (1999, 2005) and the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (2004).
Selected works
For many years I have been working on the relationship between spirituality, light and space.
The works, chapter by chapter
- 01The Architect’s Eye1954–1963
- 02Armenia and Dagestan1970s–1987
- 03Objects and Geometry1970s–1999
- 04Old Russia and St Petersburg1980s–1989
- 05Light from Within1977–2001
- 06Antiques1983–1998
- 07Visions1998–2000
- 08Israel: Desert and Sea1992–2008
- 09Monumental Watercolors2001–2004
- 10Sweet Dreams2000–2003
- 11Love2000s
- 12Experiments1997–2007
- 13Tangle of Underground Jerusalem2000s
- 14Mountains, Snow and Water1970s–2009
- 15Display Windows2004
- 16Masks
- 17Paris2004–2005
- 18Japan2009
- 19Travels2008
