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Isaac Amitai
Artist Isaac Amitai was born into a Jewish family in Jerusalem in 1907, descended from a family who had lived in the city for five generations. In 1922-1925 he studied at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem, then in 1928 in Egypt under the painter Naroni, completing his studies at the École Superieure de la Ville, Paris (1931-34).
Amitai painted in oils, tempera, gouache and watercolour and also worked in silkscreen, frequently depicting synagogues and the Israeli landscape in a bold, colourful, Expressionist manner.
He died in Israel in 1984.
Artist Isaac Amitai was born into a Jewish family in Jerusalem in 1907, descended from a family who had lived in the city for five generations. In 1922-1925 he studied at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem, then in 1928 in Egypt under the painter Naroni, completing his studies at the École Superieure de la Ville, Paris (1931-34).
Amitai painted in oils, tempera, gouache and watercolour and also worked in silkscreen, frequently depicting synagogues and the Israeli landscape in a bold, colourful, Expressionist manner.
He died in Israel in 1984.
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