Naomi Henrik


Naomi Henrik was an Israeli sculptor. She is best known for the on a hill overseeing Sha'ar HaGai.

Biography

Naomi Henrik was born in the city of Akkerman in Bessarabia to the family of gynecologist Dr. Shaul Zellering. In 1930, she and her family immigrated to the Land of Israel.
She studied at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium and the, Tel Aviv. She studied sculpture with Zeev Ben-Zvi in Jerusalem and in 1945 she moved to London to continue her studies in sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art.
During World War II, she met her future husband Ron, and they were married in 1945. They had a daughter, Ruthie Henrik-Steinitz. From 1971-72, she headed the Artists' House in Jerusalem.

Death

Naomi Henrik died at her home in Ein Kerem.

Work

1974:
1967:
1962: she won the competition for the monument at Yad Vashem "to symbolize the heroism of the Jews during the Holocaust", but unfortunately her project was never realized and eventually in 1970 the Pillar of Heroism by Buky Schwartz was erected instead.
She also devoted herself to works in mosaic.

Awards