Josef (Yosef) Farhi
 
 "My Jerusalem"
 
 
This art is:
 
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Hand signed
Limited Edition (small edition size of 99- please not # received may be different than the one in the photo)
Each item is unique- as the artist created the collage/mixed media by hand.
Framed in a contemporary braided bronze wood frame
Double matted in white & blue
Mixed Media Collage incorporating Hebrew text and traditional Jewish symbols.
Framed in the USA
Framed Size: 29" x 34"
Image Size: 20" x 25"
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The painting features stylized Hebrew lettering and prominent imagery of the Menorah and the Star of David.  The piece utilizes textured techniques, resembling a combination of painting and paper mosaic or collage.The work employs a vibrant color palette of blues, purples, and red to create a highly textured and layered surface
Ready to hang hardware included
 
Josef (Yosef) Farhi
Born in 1931, Farhi started to play the violin at the age of seven. In his eleventh year, he was strongly attracted to painting, which imposed on him his way of life. He won scholarships and prizes. Graduated from the Tel-Aviv Art Institute and the Art Teachers Institute in Tel-Aviv, he moved to Paris where he studied at Academie Colarosse, Academie De La Grande Chaumiere, Academie Ranson, Atelier Andre Lhote. After a twelve year course of studies, his first exhibition took place in the famous Benezit Gallery in Paris in 1957 with the preface written by Robert Vrinat, art critic of the Paris Journal Le Figaro. The critical response to this exhibition established Farhi’s place as one of the outstanding individual artists of our time.
The legendary Waldemar George, considered to be one of the most influential and important art critics of the twentieth century, did the preface for Farhi’s second one-man exhibition. Many more prefaces for  Farhi one-man shows were written in different countries by various art critics.  Farhi became the creator and the leader and the leader o the concrete Lyrical Art Movement in Paris. This movement has inspired many painters and quite a few have been influenced by him.The noble inspiration of his art burns before us in each of his works. Those works kindle us the deepest emotion, fill our souls with a truly mystical experience. Farhi has removed himself beyond space and time, his art is full of holiness of truly timeless character.
The next big Farhi influence in art was the creation of the Farhigraph in 1963. In it’s development, the Farhigraph passed through a metamorphosis of creations, from the Concrete Lyrical Farhigraph to the Kinetic Farhigraph.
Farhi did a very impressive number of one-man shows and many international group exhibitions. Farhi one-man shows in the United States have been under the patronage of the Israeli Embassy. In Israel, his one-man exhibitions have been under the patronage of the French Emabassy. In Paris his exhibitions were under the patronage of Maison des Intellectuels. Farhi’s paintings have been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, (Paris), Museum Bezalel, (Jerusalem), Museum Tel—Aviv, (Tel-Aviv), Museum of Jewish Art, (Paris), Museum of Modern Art, (Haifa), The Monte Carlo Palace, (Monte Carlo), Museum of Modern Art, (Stockholm), Museum of Modern Art,( at-Yam), Maison Internationale des Intellectuels, (Nice), and in many other galleries. Retrospective of Farhi works took place in Switzerland and Israel.Farhi works are in many important public and private collections in the United States, France, England, Monace, Israel, Canada, Belgium, Japan, West Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and South America.Farhi has been awarded the Paris Decoration of Honor. 
 
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