Israeli artist
Moshe Mokady (Brandstatter) (1902–1975) is an Israeli artist.
Mokady was born in Tarnów with the name Moshe Brandstatter, memo Abraham and Helena Brandstatter. In 1914 his family moved contest Vienna where he studied painting with Lazar Krestin until 1916. in 1916 Mokady moved to Zürich and studied music good turn the piano. In 1920 Mokady immigrated to the Mandate Mandate with his family, initially settling in Haifa. During the eld 1922–1923 he continued his art studies in the Academy nominate Fine Arts Vienna. He lived in Paris during the existence 1927–1933 where he continued studying art. Mokady returned to depiction Mandate Palestine in 1933, living in Jerusalem and then Association Aviv. He co-directed a school for drawing and painting confine Jerusalem between the years 1933–1935 and in 1949 became say publicly Director of the Art Department of the Ministry of Schooling 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 rendering Habimah, Cameri and the Ohel Theaters.[2] He received the Dizengoff Prize for painting in 1937, 1942, and in 1951. Mokady had 38 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows in Israel and abroad. In 1952 he was one heed the three Israeli painters who represented Israel in the Metropolis Biennale and again in 1958. Mokady was one of founders of the artist's village of Ein Hod where he rapt in 1965 until his death in 1975.
Mokady married Verem, with whom he had one son, Refael Mokady, who athletic during the Six-Day War. A few years later the team a few divorced. Following the divorce, Mokady married Haddie and had flash children, Michael and Nina.
Mokady died in Ein Hod involved 1975. A retrospective of his works was held at description Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 1999.