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Flowers and a toy duckling
| Author: | Emmanuel Mané-Katz (1894–1962) |
Emmanuel (Ohel) Mané-Katz (b. 1894 Kremenchuk, Ukraine – d. 1962 Haifa) grew up in a religious family. His father, who was a caretaker in a synagogue, dreamed his son would become a rabbi. After attending drawing schools in Kiyv and Vilnius, Mané-Katz joined the École de Paris group of artists in Paris in 1913. On the eve of the First World War, he returned to Ukraine and became a professor at Kharkiv Art Academy. In 1921 he returned to Paris, and in 1923 he held his first solo exhibition. Travelling to Palestine, Egypt, Syria and European countries, he visited Lithuania in 1929 and 1937. On his travels, he painted various types of local Jews, scenes from Jewish life, and landscapes. He spent the Second World War in the United States. Afterwards, Mané-Katz lived in Paris, and later settled in Haifa, where there is a museum named after him. He held several dozen solo exhibitions. In 1931 he won a gold medal at the Paris World’s Fair, and in 1951 he was awarded the French Légion d’honneur.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Born on 5 June 1894 in Kremenchug, Poltava Governorate (Ukraine), died on 8 September 1962 in Tel Aviv. He attended the Vilnius Drawing School until 1911, and later continued his studies at the Kiev Art School. Between 1913 and 1915, he took classes at Fernand Cormon’s studio at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he shared lodgings with Chaïm Soutine. In 1916–1917, he studied in Petrograd under Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and in 1918–1919, taught at the Kharkov Higher Art School and was a member of the avant-garde artists company “Group of Three” (Группa трёх). In 1921, Mané-Katz left for Berlin, and from 1922 lived in Paris. From 1929, he visited Palestine each year. During World War II he was arrested and, having fled from captivity, emigrated to the USA. In 1945, he returned to Paris, and later lived interchangeably in Paris and Haifa (Israel). Mané-Katz held more than 40 solo exhibitions in Israel and various European cities. His favourite subjects were scenes of Jewish life, portraits of rabbis, people’s gatherings and musicians. He painted landscapes and still lifes. In sculpture, genre figures are predominant. In 1937, he was awarded the gold medal for his picture “The Wailing Wall” at the Paris World Fair.
Source: Académie de Vilna: Vilniaus piešimo mokykla 1866-1915 / Vilnius drawing school: Exhibition Catalogue, Nacionalinė dailės galerija 2017 m. 4 d. - lapkričio 26 d., compiled by Jolanta Širkaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017, p. 272.
Emmanuel (Ohel) Mané-Katz (b. 1894 Kremenchuk, Ukraine – d. 1962 Haifa) grew up in a religious family. His father, who was a caretaker in a synagogue, dreamed his son would become a rabbi. After attending drawing schools in Kiyv and Vilnius, Mané-Katz joined the École de Paris group of artists in Paris in 1913. On the eve of the First World War, he returned to Ukraine and became a professor at Kharkiv Art Academy. In 1921 he returned to Paris, and in 1923 he held his first solo exhibition. Travelling to Palestine, Egypt, Syria and European countries, he visited Lithuania in 1929 and 1937. On his travels, he painted various types of local Jews, scenes from Jewish life, and landscapes. He spent the Second World War in the United States. Afterwards, Mané-Katz lived in Paris, and later settled in Haifa, where there is a museum named after him. He held several dozen solo exhibitions. In 1931 he won a gold medal at the Paris World’s Fair, and in 1951 he was awarded the French Légion d’honneur.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Born on 5 June 1894 in Kremenchug, Poltava Governorate (Ukraine), died on 8 September 1962 in Tel Aviv. He attended the Vilnius Drawing School until 1911, and later continued his studies at the Kiev Art School. Between 1913 and 1915, he took classes at Fernand Cormon’s studio at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he shared lodgings with Chaïm Soutine. In 1916–1917, he studied in Petrograd under Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and in 1918–1919, taught at the Kharkov Higher Art School and was a member of the avant-garde artists company “Group of Three” (Группa трёх). In 1921, Mané-Katz left for Berlin, and from 1922 lived in Paris. From 1929, he visited Palestine each year. During World War II he was arrested and, having fled from captivity, emigrated to the USA. In 1945, he returned to Paris, and later lived interchangeably in Paris and Haifa (Israel). Mané-Katz held more than 40 solo exhibitions in Israel and various European cities. His favourite subjects were scenes of Jewish life, portraits of rabbis, people’s gatherings and musicians. He painted landscapes and still lifes. In sculpture, genre figures are predominant. In 1937, he was awarded the gold medal for his picture “The Wailing Wall” at the Paris World Fair.
Source: Académie de Vilna: Vilniaus piešimo mokykla 1866-1915 / Vilnius drawing school: Exhibition Catalogue, Nacionalinė dailės galerija 2017 m. 4 d. - lapkričio 26 d., compiled by Jolanta Širkaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017, p. 272.
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