Baruch Nachshon was born in Haifa in Mandatory Palestine (Israel) in 1939. Nachshon began painting at an earlyage, He developed his relationship to art and to artists throughout his youth. During his military service Nachshon herded flocks for the IDF, filling his life with a love and appreciation for nature. His work work is filled with the life and imagery he received then. Upon completing his military service Nachshon was torn between temptation of an artists life in Paris and his deep love for the land of Israel. Nachshon Chose Israel, his spiritual home. He continued his art training with Shlomo Nerani, Cezanne's only pupil, his mentor from childhood.Nachshon, whom Nerani viewed as his spiritual heir, was his only student allowed to see the master at work. Nachshon is a devoted Lubavitch Hassid since being drawn to the movement by its evocative, spiritual melodies. In 1965, Nachshon met with his Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson in a private session, lasting three hours. The young artist was able to share with the Rebbe his concerns and misgivings about his role as a Jewish artist and the conflicts which confront him. The Rebbe advised Nachshon that for many generations the art of painting had failed to find its ultimate rectification in holiness, but that with the help of God he might come to bring about that long anticipated rectification. The Rebbe then offered to fund Nachshon's studies in New York on the condition that he would find a program of study acceptable to Jewish religious values. Despite the difficulty inherent in such a task, Nachshon gladly received the Rebbe's offer and devoted himself fully to the celebration of the wisdom of the Creator through visual art.