Mordechai Levanon Watercolor on Paper Landscape Israeli Artist 1972

Mordechai Levanon, 1901-1968

Levanon was born in Transylvania, Romania in 1901. Immigrated to Israel in 1921 and studied at the Bezalel Art Academy and painting with Yitzhak Frenkel. Levanon is largely considered as one of the founding fathers of Israeli art. He was enchanted by Eretz Israel's illuminating light and its play of colors, which remain a remarkable sign of his works. Some seed Levanon as "the Israeli Van Gogh"; he was a magnificent landscape painter, who used to paint the holy cities of Jerusalem and Sfad most frequently. Levanon held his first one-man exhibition in Tel Aviv in 1937, and from that year on, he took part in almost every annual collective exhibition of Israeli artists.

Measurements & Condition

Signed in Hebrew lower right "M.Levanon". Dated 27/11/1972 and signed in English "Mordechai Levanon Israel" on the back.

19" (48cm) x 13 3/8" (34cm)

26 3/4" (68cm) x 21" (53cm) with the frame.

Condition is good; there is a trace of the painting was folded once, showing some horizontal lines across the painting. Please refer the detail photos I added. The frame is in very good condition.

Item ID: painting 01