Uri Lifschitz was born on
Kibbutz Givat HaShlosha in
Mandatory Palestine. He served in the
Israel Defense Forces paratrooper
Unit 101 under
Ariel Sharon. He began painting in the 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was one of the founders of the 10 Plus group, which posed an alternative to the lyrical abstract style of the New Horizons movement. ==Awards and recognition==