Graphic Designer · Artist · Tel Aviv, Israel · 1929–2018

AsherKalderon

One of Israel's most distinguished graphic designers — a career spanning six decades that shaped the country's visual identity through stamps, posters, tapestries, symbols and fine art.

60+
Israeli Stamps
400+
Works Created
100+
Awards Won
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Exhibition poster reading Kaldron Tapestries in bold letters above a stylized face with one large green-ringed eye, an arched rainbow-striped headdress, and vertical orange and black stripes below.
PostersTapestries Exhibition
Tapestry with a pink sun-face at center, cat-like eyes, surrounded by twelve zodiac-symbol petals in varied colors, bordered in black with pink stars at the corners.
Art GalleryZodiac Tapestry
Social-issue poster 'Think Peace': a white profile face with a large blue-and-purple eye topped by a vividly patterned rainbow bird perched like hair, on black ground; headline reads 'Think Peace!'.
PostersThink Peace
Painting on textured brown ground showing a radiant white sun, a crescent moon, stylized eyes, a white bird in flight, stars and green plant forms in a night-and-day creation scene.
TapestriesThe Creation
Israeli postage stamp triptych depicting three stylized biblical kings in mosaic-like patchwork robes of blue, brown and green, holding scales, a harp and a spear, labeled Israel.
Stamps & CoinsJewish Kings Stamps
Tapestry showing a woman with an ornate colorful headdress seated near a flowering tree with a white bird, three small figures in striped clothing below, bordered by Hebrew script.
Judaica ArtSara
Poster of overlapping diagonal bars and ovals in red, pink, blue, purple and green forming an abstract runner-like figure on a white background.
Symbols & TrademarksMaccabiah
Tapestry depicting King David as a bearded figure with a harp beside a lion and a crowned lamb, in purple, gold and white patchwork shapes, framed by an arched border with a hamsa hand and Hebrew text.
TapestriesKing David
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Six Decades of Creation

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Tapestry titled Art Gallery showing a stylized pink sun-face with cat-like eyes, encircled by twelve patterned petals in blue, yellow, red and green on black, with pink star corners.
113 Works
Art Gallery
Painting · Sculpture · Tapestries · Jerusalem
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Poster for a design exhibition showing a stylized profile of a woman's head with swirling gray curls and a bright pink eye, alongside a perched bird and Hebrew text.
113 Posters
Posters
Art & Culture · Social · Commercial · Children
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Wall tapestry showing a woman in a tall colorful headdress and striped robe seated beside a flowering tree with a white bird, three small striped figures below, framed by Hebrew text.
48 Works
Judaica Art
Creation · Biblical · Shalom · Israel · Holidays
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Book cover and open pages of the Passover Haggadah showing a crowd of raised colorful arms beneath swirling clouds on the left page and a swirling abstract heart pattern in pink, yellow and blue on the right.
55 Illustrations
The Haggadah
3 Limited Editions · 58 Illustrations · 2005
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Abstract logo design of overlapping diagonal bars and rounded shapes in red, pink, blue, purple and green with two small circles, on a plain white background.
51 Symbols
Symbols & Trademarks
National · Sports · Industry · Services
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Israeli postage stamp set of three showing biblical kings rendered in geometric patchwork colors of blue, brown and green, each holding scales, a harp or a spear.
56 Works
Stamps & Coins
Israeli Stamps · UN · Banknotes · Coins
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The Artist

AsherKalderon

Born in Bulgaria in 1929, Kalderon emigrated to Israel in 1948 and studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design. Over six decades he created the visual language of a nation — 60+ Israeli stamps, the Golda Meir banknote, national symbols, posters for peace and culture, and a landmark illustrated Haggadah awarded the Israeli Ministry of Culture Prize.

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1929
Born in Bulgaria
Emigrated to Israel 1948 — Kibbutz Beit Alpha
Bezalel
Academy of Art & Design
Jerusalem — Israel's most prestigious art institution
2005
The Haggadah
Life's masterwork — 58 illustrations, 3 limited editions
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Public Collections
Library of Congress, Yale, Israel Museum & more
Works Held in Public Collections
Library of Congress · Washington D.C.
Yale University Library
Jewish Theological Seminary · New York
Israel Museum · Jerusalem
Poster Museum · Warsaw
Museum of Modern Art · New Orleans
Herzliya Municipal Museum
Flight Authorities of Israel · Lod
Lathi Museum · Finland
Von Oertzen Gallery · Frankfurt
La Licorn Tapestry Gallery · Chicago
O'Grady Gallery · Chicago
Licensing & Acquisitions — all works available
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