Yohanan Simon

Yohanan Simon studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under André Derain and Diego Rivera is recorded. The recorded working language is Hebrew. The field of work recorded is painting and graphic design. Works named in the authority record are Saturday at the kibbutz I. Work by Yohanan Simon is recorded in the collections of Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. Distinctions recorded are Dizengoff Prize.

• Name — Yohanan Simon • Born — November 3, 1905 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 31 January 1976 • Place of death — Tel Aviv, Israel • Field — Painting • Training — Academy of Fine Arts, Munich • Movement — Israeli art • Awards — Dizengoff Prize • Birth Name — יוחנן סימון

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.

• Max Beckmann Art School, Frankfurt • Academy of Fine Arts, Munich • 1931–34 École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

• 1951 Congress of Jewish Culture, New York City • 1956 Israel Olympic Committee

• 1948 Venice Biennale • 1958 Venice Biennale • 1953 São Paulo