Menashe Kadishman (Hebrew: מנשה קדישמן; August 21, 1932 – May 8, 2015) was an Israeli sculptor and painter.

[2] From 1947 to 1950, Kadishman studied with the Israeli sculptor Moshe Sternschuss at the Avni Institute of Art and Design under Aharon Avni in Tel Aviv, and in 1954 with the Israeli sculptor Rudi Lehmann in Jerusalem.

In 1950, Kadishman joined the Nahal infantry brigade[1] and he worked as a shepherd on Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch for the next three years.

This experience with nature, sheep and shepherding had a significant impact on his later artistic work and career.

[4] In the 1960s, Kadishman's sculptures were Minimalist in style, and so designed as to appear to defy gravity.