American born William Weintraub has become one of Israel's best known painters of Israeli people.

Mr. Weintraub is a graduate of the Maryland Institute of Art.  He studied under renound teacher Jacques Maroger.

As a volunteer in the US Merchant Marines in 1944, Weintraub found his subjects in his trips to Europe and

the Mediterranean.  After a brief internment in Cyprus, Weintraub arrived in Palestine to participate in the War of Liberation.

Following a stint in the Israeli Merchant Navy, Weintraub settled in Tel Aviv in 1955 to give all his time to painting.  He

has held successful one-man shows and participated in group exhibits in Israel and abroad.