Emmanuel Mané-Katz
Emmanuel Mané-Katz , ( Hebrew מאנה כץ), actually Mane Leyzerowitsch Katz ( Ukrainian Мань Лейзерович Кац ) (born June 5, 1894 in Kremenchuk ( Ukraine ); † September 8, 1962 in Tel-Aviv ), was a painter of Jewish descent who worked in Paris and Israel.
Life
His father expected Mané to become a rabbi, but he tried to learn painting in Vilnius , then in Myrhorod and finally in 1911 in Kiev . In 1913 he moved to Fernand Cormon's studio in Paris . During the First World War he tried to report to the Foreign Legion , but was turned away because of his short stature.
Mané-Katz lived in Saint Petersburg from 1914 to 1917, was a student of Mstislav Valerianowitsch Dobuschinski and took part in the exhibition of the Mir Iskusstwa group in 1916 . In 1917 he was appointed professor at the Art Academy in Kharkiv. In 1919 he showed his pictures in Kharkiv , Rostov-on-Don and Tbilisi .
He visited various European museums and was influenced by Fauvism . Mané-Katz returned to Paris in 1921, where he joined the circle of Jewish members of the École de Paris , such as Amedeo Modigliani and Chaim Soutine .
In 1928 he became a French citizen. His picture depicting the Western Wall was awarded a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1931.
His first works were in dark colors, later Mane-Katz changed his palette to bright, bright tones. He created pictures from the life of the Eastern European shtetl , showed rabbis, Jewish musicians, beggars and yeshiva students. He also painted flowers and landscapes.
Mané-Katz first visited Palestine in 1928 and has visited the country annually ever since. He lived constantly in Paris, but was emotionally attached to the Promised Land .
Mané-Katz dedicated his works and a collection of Jewish ethnography to the city of Haifa . Four years before Mane-Katz's death, the mayor of Haifa had given him a building on the Carmel Mountains on the Mediterranean coast for his collections. The museum shows the style development of the artist during his life.
Web links
literature
- JM Aibot: Mané-Katz . M. Seheur, Paris 1933
- Maximilien Gauthier: Mané-Katz . Les Germeaux, Paris 1958
- Michel Ragon: Mané-Katz . George Fall, Paris 1961
- Pierre Mazars: Mané-Katz . René Kister, Paris 1962
- Alfred Werner: Mané-Katz . Massadah Publishing, Tel-Aviv 1970, ISBN 0-902291-37-8
Individual evidence
- ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, "Mane-Katz", Vol. 11, p. 871, 1972
- ↑ Menorah Journal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mané-Katz, Emmanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Мань Лейзерович Кац (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter of Jewish descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kremenchuk |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1962 |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv-Jaffa |