"David Ben-Gurion" First Prime Minister of Israel
by Artist Herbert Davidson
 
This art piece is:
Hand Signed and Numbered (#241)- signed by BOTH the artist and David Ben-Gurion 
Original Vintage Frame and matting.  Includes  mounted metal plate that reads "David Ben-Gurion Sde-Boker, Israel 1973)
Mat/frame has  slight imperfections due to the age of the item (please see detailed images)
Artist is 
Framed Size:27" x 24"
Interested in different framing?  Contact us- can reframe!
DAVID BEN-GURION - FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first prime minister. Adopting the name of Ben-Gurion in 1909, he rose to become the preeminent leader of the Jewish community in British-ruled Mandatory Palestine from 1935 until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, which he led until 1963 with a short break in 1954–55. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and executive head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946.As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948, he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel, and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence, which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Subsequently, he became known as "Israel's founding father". He stepped down from office in 1963, and retired from political life in 1970. He then moved to his modest "hut" in Sde Boker, a kibbutz in the Negev desert, where he lived until his death. One of the only things that hung on his wall was a picture of Ganhi- a man he greatly admired. Posthumously, Ben-Gurion was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th century.
Vintage- Original Framing.  Mat has slight marking.