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A framed watercolor by the Israeli artist, Ari Gradus (1943 - ). The piece is entitled "Boy and Dog in Landscape" and was painted around 1975.

Ari Gradus was born in a small village in Israel in 1943. He began painting at the age of eight, at which time his work already showed unusual promise. By the time he was twelve he had won his first prize, a contest for junior artists sponsored by the city of Tel Aviv. After three years of army service, Ari went to live in Paris, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. He began exhibiting his work in group shows, which led to one-man exhibitions in Paris and Geneva. In 1968, Ari came to the United States to introduce his work to this country. In November of that year, he was invited by CBS-TV to be featured on their nationally televised program, "Look Up and Live." Ari Gradus works in a style perhaps best described as naive, with a freshness and creativity uniquely his own. There is an almost childlike lack of inhibition about his paintings, endowing them with a charm and vivacity of color that truly set them apart.