Ivan Schwebel was born in West Virginia, he was sent to Japan after the Korean War as part of his U.S. army service, where he began to paint and studied with a Zen master-painter, Kimura Kyoen in Kyoto.
The Prime Ministers Collection was founded by Amos Aharoni, for the purpose of honoring and saluting the Prime Ministers whether they currently lead and have lead the State of Israel since its birth.