Yaacov Agam was born Yaacov Gipstein in Rishon le Zion, in Israel on
May 11, 1928. His father was a rabbi, a Talmudic scholar and a
Kabbalist. The family was poor, and the young Agam received
little regular schooling; he studied under a "melamed" in the local
synagogue. He soon realized he could draw.
"I used to come
home with drawings, at first afraid of my father's reactions, since
drawing was not permitted on religious principles. But on one occasion
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