Jerusalem Old City Cityscape Israeli Modernist Oil Painting Signed in Hebrew, c.1950s

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Signed Nathanson. Could be the famous artist Avraham Naton (Natanson) I am not certain. it is a very lovely Modernist … Read more Signed Nathanson. Could be the famous artist Avraham Naton (Natanson) I am not certain. it is a very lovely Modernist Israeli landscape.
Avraham Naton (Natanson), Israeli, born in Bessarabia, 1906-1959. Avraham Naton was born in Rani, Bessarabia to a large secular family. In 1935, after Art studies in Romania, he immigrated to the Land of Israel and settled, first, in Givat Haim and later in Ramat Gan. From the 1940s he worked as an Art teacher in Ramat Gan and Givataim. In 1948 he worked as an illustrator at BaMahane Newspaper. He was one of the Founders of New Horizon Group. Between 1952-1959 he was a member of the Milo Club and served as the club secretary.

Education
1930-33 Art Academy, Bucharest, Romania

Teaching
1940's Ramat Gan and Givataim

Awards And Prizes
Jerusalem Prize for Painting and Sculpture
1942 Dizengoff Prize
1953 Milo Club Prize

New Horizons, The Ofakim Hadashim art movement began with a group of artists who mounted an exhibition in Tel Aviv's Habima national theater in December 1942, under the name "The Group of Eight". The group evolved into a coherent artistic movement only after the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. Members of the school included Arie Aroch, Zvi Meirovitch, Avraham Naton (Natanson), Avigdor Stematsky and Yehezkel Streichman. The work of sculptor Dov Feigin also appeared in the catalog of the 1942 exhibition, though it was not displayed. In February 1947 five of the original members of the group joined Joseph Zaritsky for an exhibit called "The Group of Seven" at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Marcel Janco,Shmuel Raayoni, Aharon Kahana, Yohanan Simon, Avshalom Okashi, Moshe Castel were all members. Members of the group stated that "The group is based in modernism, especially French, yet seeks a unique style that expresses our own reality" See less