Genuine Early Mane Katz Original Oil Painting on Board Start Price USD 17,995.00 Current Price USD 17,995.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 Location Rare Finds See more about 'Genuine Early Mane Katz Original Oil Painting on Board' Description Rare Original Oil on Board Mane-Katz   Priced for fast sale!   Rare oportunity to own an early work by Mane-Katz.  Painting in good shape with very slight flaking around edge where frame will go.  Could use a professional cleaning.  Belonged to my grandmother's neighbor who had it for many years then given to my grandmother, then to myself.   Dimensions in Inches: Height 14 Width  18   Biography: Mane-Katz Ohel Emmanuel Katz   Ohel Mané-Katz was born in Kremenchug, Ukraine, a province of the Russian Empire.  He studied in religious schools and was expected to become a Rabbi.  At age 16, however, young Ohel developed an interest in art.  He graduated from the Vilnius School of Art and the Academy of Art in Kiev.  In 1913 he moved to Paris, along with many promising artists of the day.  He enrolled in the prestigious École Nationales des Beaux-Arts and studied under Fernand Cormon, teacher of Vincent van Gogh.  It was there he befriended Soutine and Chagall.  Who knows who influenced whom during those formative years?  We do know that Chagall and Katz wound up with similar styles and common (religious) themes.  At the outbreak of WWI the artist returned to Russia, only to surface again in Paris soon thereafter.  He became a citizen of France in 1927. Now famous, the prominent artist traveled to Israel and established a workshop in Haifa, a city destined to become his permanent artistic residence. The artist bequeathed hundreds of paintings and sculpted works to this "adopted ancestral home." Even though Mané-Katz was a fine sculptor, he is known to the world as an exemplar of Jewish Expressionism, a painter.  Today a museum in Haifa is dedicated to his work.  One of his paintings, Rabbi in a Yellow Gown, is on display at the Vilna Gaon Jewish Museum.  The artist died in Tel Aviv.  Of interest to collectors or investors interested in Master works, Judaica, investment quality or Paris School.   Please see our other items for sale on Ebay.   S&H applies to lower 48 states only- all others please contact in advance of purchase for S&H rate quote.         Place a Bid!