Binder was an Israeli painter born in Vilna, Lithuania. The son of an artistic print-maker, he studied drawing and sketching under his father and at the Trudovia Potmuch (State Academy of Art), Vilna. His early works were portraits, characterized by detained pencil work. He was awarded medals and honorary mentions in 1920 and 1923.
In 1929, he settled in Jerusalem and enrolled at Bezalel Art Academy. There, he came under the influence of western art, which was predominant at the school, and turned his attention to landscapes. Binder’s style from this period on shows a concern with decorative composition. He worked mainly with watercolors, producing numerous softcolor aquarelles. As he matured as a painter, his palette became richer and brighter in color, and he gradually turned to oils and acrylics. From the mid-50s on, his paintings show an increasing interest in the emotional expression that could be conveyed through his style.
Binder’s work is a combination of spontaneity and technical control, with a frequent disregard for the color of the object being depicted.
A longtime member of the Artists’ Association, and having attained an established status among Israeli artists, the painter had several solo shows and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Washington, DC. He died in 2001.
Hana Greenfield's Israeli Art Collection 