Moshe Elazar Castel (1909 - 1991/92), Exodus
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Moshe Elazar Castel (1909 - 1991/92), Exodus
bronze figural relief plaque, signed and numbered to lower left, float mounted within a parcel gilt frame.
26 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.
Artist Moshe Elazar Castel was born in Jerusalem in 1909 to a religious family from Castile. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and later in France at the Academie Julien. Castel's works were exhibited in important Salons in Paris, London, and Warsaw. He returned to Israel in 1933 and lived in Tel Aviv before moving to Safed.
Castel founded the group Ofakim Hadashim, which embraced the foundations of abstract European art. Moshe's work incorporates oriental motifs as well as ancient letters of the Hebrew alphabet within this abstraction, utilizing various media including basalt, bronze, painting, other mixed media.
Castel participated in various exhibitions in Israel and around the world, including the Venice Biennial and the San Paolo Biennial in Brazil in which he won an award. His murals and reliefs can be found in many places in Israel and around the world.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
bronze figural relief plaque, signed and numbered to lower left, float mounted within a parcel gilt frame.
26 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.
Artist Moshe Elazar Castel was born in Jerusalem in 1909 to a religious family from Castile. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and later in France at the Academie Julien. Castel's works were exhibited in important Salons in Paris, London, and Warsaw. He returned to Israel in 1933 and lived in Tel Aviv before moving to Safed.
Castel founded the group Ofakim Hadashim, which embraced the foundations of abstract European art. Moshe's work incorporates oriental motifs as well as ancient letters of the Hebrew alphabet within this abstraction, utilizing various media including basalt, bronze, painting, other mixed media.
Castel participated in various exhibitions in Israel and around the world, including the Venice Biennial and the San Paolo Biennial in Brazil in which he won an award. His murals and reliefs can be found in many places in Israel and around the world.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
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Good estate condition; not examined out of the frame.
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Moshe Elazar Castel (1909 - 1991/92), Exodus
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