Moshe Mokady (Polish-Israeli 1902-1975)

Interior Scene, Signed Mokady (upper right) Gouache on paper mounted on board 19.25 X 14 in. Provenance_ Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv Sothebys Moshe Mokady (ne Brandstatter) was born on June 5th, 1902 in Tarnow, Galicia. Between 1914-1920, Mokady lived in Vienna and Zurich and studied painting with Lazar Krestin. He also studied music and the piano. In 1920 the family migrated to Eretz-Israel and settled initially in Haifa. 1922-1923 Mokady studied at the Art Academy in Vienna. From 1927-1933 lives and works in Paris, returns to live in Jerusalem and then in Tel-Aviv. Between 1946-1965 travels frequently to Europe and the U.S.A., visiting New York for the first time in 1947. Was first Director on the Art Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture (1950-1952) and first Director of the Avni Institute of Painting and Sculpture in Tel-Aviv (1952-1965). From 1953, Mokady was active in the founding of the first Israeli artists village in Ein Hod.