A native of Transylvania, Levanon arrived as a halutz (pioneer) in 1921, working first in agriculture and then as a plasterer. After a few lessons at the Bezalel Academy he studied at the Frenel-Frenkel studio between 1926 and 1929, and took part in the large Massad group exhibition (1929) in Tel Aviv. He was awarded the DIzengoff Prize in 1938, 1948 and I960, and the Struck Prize in I968. His works were exhibited in all Israeli museums and form part of their permanent collections, as well as of the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Italian State Museum in Rome. A versatile artist and excellent craftsman, Levanon's work is mystical, consisting of blots of color hovering over the urban scenery of the old cities of Safed and Jerusalem in a realistic-nonrealistic combination.
(1901—1968)A native of Transylvania, Levanon arrived as a halutz (pioneer) in 1921, working first in agriculture and then as a plasterer. After a few lessons at the Bezalel Academy he studied at the Frenel-Frenkel studio between 1926 and 1929, and took part in the large Massad group exhibition (1929) in Tel Aviv. He was awarded the DIzengoff Prize in 1938, 1948 and I960, and the ... View All
Mordechai Levanon