Bidspirit auction | Klezmer. Ceramic Tiles by Mane

Klezmer. Ceramic Tiles by Mane Katz - Original painting on four ceramic tiles of a Jewish 'klezmer' group. Mane Katz 1894-1962 Ukrainian-born Jewish French painter associated with the School of Paris. At the end of his life, he immigrated to Israel. his style was classical and somber, but his palette changed in later years to bright, primary colors, with an emphasis on Jewish themes. His oils feature Hassidic characters, rabbis, Jewish musicians, beggars, yeshiva students and scenes from the East European shtetl.