Shraga Weil (Israeli 1918-2009) Title Unknown, lithograph on paper, signed, dated '58 and inscribed lower right Shraga Weil (Hebrew: שרגא ווייל; September 24, 1918 – February 20, 2009) was an Israeli painter. Weil was born as František Ferdinand Weil in Nyitra, Austria-Hungary (today Nitra, Slovakia) in 1918. He was sent to study with a local sculptor, and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague until the beginning of WWII. During the war Weil was an active member of the Hungarian resistance, mainly in forging certificates and documents. Weil and his wife were caught and sent to a concentration camp, from which he managed to escape in 1944. He produced his first graphic works during World War II. In 1954, he studied murals and graphic techniques at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He also studied mosaics in Ravenna with Professor Severini. His style was influence by socialist art, which according to the Israel Museum was more widely embraced by the Kibbutz movement. His work includes the door of the Israeli president's residence as well as ceramic reliefs at Tel Aviv's Great Synagogue. Weil was an active artist until his death in 2009.