Yohanan Simon

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Nationality Israeli, Jewish Awards Dizengoff Prize Died 1976, Tel Aviv, Israel		Name Yohanan Simon Movement Israeli art Known for Painting

Born November 3, 1905 Berlin, Germany Education Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

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Yohanan Simon (Hebrew:יוחנן סימון) was a German-born, award-winning Israeli painter.

Biography

Yohanan Simon, painter was born in 1905, Berlin. From 1927 he lived mainly in France. Beginning in 1934 he worked in New York for the magazine Vogue. In 1936 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine. Until 1953 he was a member of Kibbutz Gan Shmuel. He executed a number of murals for Israeli ships, public buildings and hotels, including Bank of Israel offices in New York and a hotel in Côte d'Ivoire. He also illustrated books and designed stage sets.