The renovations at the home of Israel’s second president, Izhak Ben-Zvi, reveal something special.
A painter working at Izhak Ben-Zvi’s house notified the research center as he saw color under the white paint. The restorer discovered a roof beam painted with colored biblical images.
A wooden roof beam decorated with biblical-themed motifs dating from the 1950s was discovered during the renovation of the former house of Israel’s second president, Izhak Ben-Zvi.
Construction on this house located in the Rehavia district of Jerusalem began a few months ago. It is in the same complex as the Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Research Institute.
The painter called Yad Ben-Zvi staff after finding a brightly colored strip of wood under white paint at the top of a staircase.
Dr. Nirit Shalev-Khalifa, curator of the Visual Documentation and Exhibition Department at Yad Ben-Zvi, brought in mural restorer Shay Farkash. He removed the beam, cleaned it, removed the layer of white paint, then exhibited the beautiful ornaments with representations of plant life and geometric drawings.
On the last day of the paint removal, Farkash discovered a fancy signature of “Mr. Bromberg.” The search led the curator to Eddie Bromberg of Toronto, the son of artist and art teacher Moshe Bromberg, who decorated the beam.
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