Mane Katz (1894 - 1962) Russian

Mane Katz (1894 - 1962) Russian
Mixed Media on Paper
Measure 10 1/4"in H x 7 1/4"in W and 18"in H x 14"in W with frame

Known for: Portrait and Jewish-theme painting
Name variants: Emmanuel Katz, Mane-Katz, Mane-Katz, Emanuel Mane-Katz, Immanuil Mane-Katz
Biography: Born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine in 1894, to a traditional and poverty-stricken Jewish family. His father was the beadle of the synagogue. Mane-Katz studied in a heder and a yeshiva until the age of 16. Then from 1911 to 1913 Katz Studied at the Kiev Art School. In 1913 he Arrived in Paris, and studied at the the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, in the studio of the academic painter Fernand Cormon. In 1916 Mane Studied at the School of Art in St. Petersburg (then Petrograd); and was attracted to avant-garde art, and participated in an exhibition organized by the "Jewish Society for the Encouragement of Arts", which supported Jewish artists. In 1917 Katz returned to Kremenchuk at the outbreak of the revolution; and was appointed Professor at the Kharkov Academy. Katz settled in Paris and made his home in Montparnasse in 1921. Then had his first one-man exhibition at Galerie Percier in Paris in 1923. There, he participated in annual exhibitions at the Salon d'Automne, Salon des Indépendants, and Salon des Tuileries. Katz visited Palestine, Egypt, and Syria. He visited the State of Israel frequently in the years that followed. In 1939 Katz escaped from Paris to America at the outbreak of World War II, and lived in New York. Then in 1945, he returned to Paris, and rented a studio in Montparnasse. In the years that followed, he traveled widely and exhibited in Paris, Brazil, Geneva, London, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Sao Paolo, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa. Katz came to Israel during the War of Independence in 1948 and had a one-man exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. Died September 9th, 1962 after illness, and was buried in Haifa.
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