Arie Azene (Eisman), was born in 1934 in Hamburg, Germany. Immigrated to Israel in 1934. He studied at the Bezalel Acadamy in Jerusalem and at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv. He went to Paris for advanced studies at the Grande Chaumiere. During the years 1968-70 he lived in France, England and Germany; from 1984 he lived in Jerusalem. Influenced by Zaritsky, Streichman and the New Horizons Group. He has held many one - man exhibitions and also taken part in many group exhibitions in Israel and abroad.