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Painter, Illustrator, b. 1934 - d. 2006

Baruch Elron or Barbu Teodorescu (1934–2006) was an Israeli painter [1] best known for his unique Fantastic Realist style rich in symbols and allegories.

Baruch Elron (Barbu Teodorescu) was born in Bucharest, in a family of Sephardic Jews.

Baruch Elron studied Painting at the Nicolae Grigorescu Fine Arts Academy in Bucharest. Among his teachers were the great artists Corneliu Baba, Alexandru Ciucurencu, Jean Alexandru Steriadi and Yosef Molnar.

During his student years, Elron made several study trips to Moscow, Prague and Budapest where he spent his time in the museums, studying the great masters.

In 1958, he was granted the Excellency Award at the International Art Fair of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A year later, in Moscow, he received the prize of the Moscow Youth Festival.

After graduating from the academy, he began to work as a graphic artist, as a book illustrator and in advertising.

In 1960, he received the Prize for Book Illustration at the Dresden Book Fair in Germany.