Mordechai Levanon 1901-1968

In good condition aside from slight irregularities to canvas: very thin at points and at some points frayed (lower center and lewer left corner). Ding to stretcher (canvas stretched around this) lower left corner. Under UV: no apparent sign of in-paint.
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Mordechai Levanon was born in Transylvania and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1921. After settling in Jerusalem in 1939 the topography of the country, and especially of Jerusalem and Safed and their surrounding hills, became dominant motifs of his works, which increasingly explored aspects of the Israeli landscape in joyful colors. This monumental work was created during the artist's most prolific years during which he worked in Safed, where he brought the magical landscape of the city to life on large canvasses with expressionistic symbolism.