Yohanan Simon

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Yohanan Simon
Born	November 3, 1905 Berlin, Germany
Died	January 31, 1976(1976-01-31) (aged 70) Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Education	Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known for	Painting
Movement	Israeli art
Awards	Dizengoff Prize

Yohanan Simon (Hebrew: יוחנן סימון; November 3, 1905 – January 16, 1976) was a German-born Israeli painter.

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^[1] Art School, Frankfurt
• Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
• 1931–34 École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

• 1945–46 The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv
• 1951 Congress of Jewish Culture Prize, New York City
• 1952 Zichron Yaakov Prize
• 1953 The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv
• 1956 Israel Olympic Committee Prize
• 1958 Ramat Gan Prize
• 1960 Histadrut Prize
• 1961 The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv

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

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

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• Yochanan Simon collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
• "Yohanan Simon". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
• Art of Yohanan Simon at Europeana. Retrieved March 4, 2012
• Yohanan Simon biography from the Engel Gallery

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