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Ygartua bought a replica of an old
styled wooden printing press in
Jerusalem in 1979 and shipped to
Canada - a couple of years later sold
it even though it is a fascinating Our daughter Tala Nicole was born in
medium to work with. Cannes and when she was four months old
encouraged by an Ygartua patron we decided,
to go and live in Jerusalem for Paul to paint
and experience the ancient world, Jerusalem,
the holiest city in Judaism and the ancestral
and spiritual homeland of the Jewish people
since the 10th century BC. During classical
antiquity Jerusalem was considered the
center of the world.
We lived in the Knesset area just a few
minutes’ drive from the Old City where
we visited a couple of times per week over
a six month period. During our six month
sojourn in Jerusalem, Paul prepared for an
exhibition on The Old City that we took
back to Canada for a Special Exhibition in
1980 at the Bayshore Inn International Suite
in Vancouver.
Here are a few examples of Paul’s lino-cuts.
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