Old lithograph signed Mane-Katz. A. Manaranche Lith. 266/300. Freidl Et Sa Mere.
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Old lithograph signed Mane-katz.A. Manaranche Lith. 266/300. Freidl Et Sa Mere. measures 70 x 54 cm (28 "x 22") Biography Mane-Katz moved to Paris at the age of 19 to study art, although his father wanted him to be a rabbi. During the First World War he returned to Russia, at first working and exhibiting in Petrograd; following the October revolution, he traveled back to Kremenchuk, where he taught art. In 1921, due to the ongoing fighting in his hometown during the civil war, he moved once again to Paris. There he became friends with Pablo Picasso and other important artists, and was affiliated with the art movement known as the School of Paris; together with other outstanding Jewish artists of that milieu, he is sometimes considered to be part of a group referred to specifically as the Jewish School of Paris. In 1931, Mane-Katz's painting The Wailing Wall was awarded a gold medal at the Paris World's Fair. Early on, his style was classical and somber, but his palette changed in later years to bright, primary colors, with an emphasis on Jewish themes. His oils feature Hassidic characters, rabbis, Jewish musicians, beggars, yeshiva students and scenes from the East European shtetl. Mane-Katz made his first trip to Mandate Palestine in 1928, and thereafter visited the country annually. He said his actual home was Paris,
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This is in good condition Provenance available upon request. Private Collection.
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Old lithograph signed Mane-Katz. A. Manaranche Lith. 266/300. Freidl Et Sa Mere.
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