Editing Yaacov Agam (section)

==Early life, family and education==
Yaacov Gibstein (later Agam) was born in [[Mandate Palestine]]. His father, Yehoshua Gibstein, was a [[rabbi]] and a [[kabbalist]].

Agam trained at the [[Bezalel Academy of Art and Design]] in [[Jerusalem]], before moving to [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]] in 1949, where he studied under [[Johannes Itten]] (1888–1967) at the Kunstgewerbe Schule. He was influenced by the painter and sculptor [[Max Bill]] (1908–1994).

In 1951 Agam moved to [[Paris]], [[France]], where he still resides.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1998/7/Agam%20Reconsidered |title=Agam Reconsidered |first= Avraham | last= Ronen |date=16 July 1998 |work=The Israel Review of Arts and Letters | volume= 1996| number = 103|publisher= Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs| via= mfa.gov.il }}</ref>