Moshe mokady biography

Biography.
Moshe Mokady (ne Brandstatter) was born on June 5th, 1902 in Tarnow, Galicia.
Moshe Mokady was born on June 5th, 1902 in Tarnow, Galicia wit the given name Bradstatter.

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Moshe Mokady

Moshe Mokady (Brandstatter) was born in 1902 in Galicia, Poland. When he was 12 he and his family moved to Vienna where he studied painting with the renowned painter Lazar Krestin. Later, he studied music and piano in Zurich and in 1920 came with his family to Haifa.
Mokady continued his art studies in Vienna (1922-23), lived in Paris from 1927-1933 and returned to Israel in 1934 living in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Moshe Mokady co-directed a school for drawing and painting in Jerusalem between the years 1933-35 and in 1949 became the Director of the Art Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
He was the first Director of the Avni Institute of Painting and Sculpture...

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Moshe Mokady

Israeli artist

Moshe Mokady (Brandstatter) (1902–1975) is an Israeli artist.

Biography

Mokady was born in Tarnów with the name Moshe Brandstatter, to Abraham and Helena Brandstatter. In 1914 his family moved to Vienna where he studied painting with Lazar Krestin until 1916. in 1916 Mokady moved to Zürich and studied music and the piano. In 1920 Mokady immigrated to the Mandate Palestine with his family, initially settling in Haifa. During the years 1922–1923 he continued his art studies in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He lived in Paris during the years 1927–1933 where he continued studying art. Mokady returned to the Mandate Palestine in 1933, living in Jerusalem and then Tel Aviv. He co-directed a school for drawing and painting in Jerusalem between the years 1933–1935 and in 1949 became the Director of the Art Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture. He was the first Director of the Avni Institute of Painting and Sculpture in Tel Aviv. (1952–1965).^[1]

From 1934 to 1958 Mokady worked as a stage designer for the Habimah, Cam

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Moshe Mokady was born on June 5th, 1902 in Tarnow, Galicia wit the given name Bradstatter. Between 1914-1920, Mokady lived in Vienna and Zurich and studied painting with Lazar Krestin. He also studied music and the piano. In 1920 the family migrated to Eretz-Israel and settled initially in Haifa, and from 1922-1923 Mokady studied at the Art Academy in Vienna. From 1927-1933, he lived and worked in Paris, and then returned to live in Jerusalem and then in Tel-Aviv.

From 1934-1958 Mokady did stage designs for the Eretz-Israeli theatre numerous productions for the Cameri, Ohel and Habimah theatres. Between 1946-1965, he traveled frequently to Europe and the U.S.A., visiting New York for the first time in 1947. He was first Director on the Art Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture (1950-1952) and first Director of the Avni Institute of Painting and Sculpture in Tel-Aviv (1952-1965). From 1953, Mokady was