Stylistically speaking, Palombo’s sculptures departed from the prevalent aesthetic norm in that they tended to employ a higher center of gravity. Many of his works can be found at the David Palombo Museum, which is situated in the artist’s former workshop right outside the Old City on Mount Zion.
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David Palombo (1920-1966) was a Turkish-born Israeli sculptor and painter best known for sculptures that adorn several famous sites in Israel. Among these are the gates for the Yizkor (memorial) Tent at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and the previous entrance gates to the Knesset.
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- Rashel RouhaniOctober 26, 2025
SCAMMER!!! MORDECHAI IS A SCAM! Mordechai is a dishonest person. We purchased in full for artwork and he promised he would ship it to us within a few weeks. After 2 months he stopped responding and communicating with us....
- Beenim EdelsteinOctober 19, 2025
NOT A MUSEUM!!! Glorified tourist trap! This IS NOT a museum. Barely a store. Great place to buy a painting? Sure. But very falsely advertised as a museum.
- Rabbi Yisroel BernathFebruary 4, 2020
We were just walking by and admired the incredible art. Gad and Rafi were extremely helpful and explained each of the pieces to us. We ended up buying a lithograph. Within 2 hours they had it ready for us to take home. Hi...
- Benjamin BaumSeptember 13, 2023
Very inspiring, and amazing arts not seen anywhere else in the world.
- Michael GofmanJanuary 30, 2020
First of all, this is not a museum, it is a gallery that sells painting. Second, their paintings are great, as you can see from high ratings of other reviewers. However, if you noticed, every positive review is left by pe...
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