Mana Katz Museum
The Mana Katz Museum is located at 89 Yaffe Nof Street, in a modest building, plastered in a brown-orange color. The building is below street level, hidden in thick vegetation. The French-Jewish painter Mane Katz lived in this house during the time he lived in Israel.
Sensory agreement - Katz
According to an agreement signed in 1958 between the mythical mayor Abba Khushi, and the painter Mana Katz, the artist received this house for his use, in exchange for his commitment to bequeath all his property and collections to the city of Haifa.
The painter Mana Katz
Mana Katz, born in Ukraine (1894), began studying painting in Kiev. In 1913 he arrived in Paris for the first time, where he continued to excel in painting. This was the period when Paris was the world center of modern painting and all the great painters lived and created there: Picasso, Matisse, Modliani (an Italian Jew) and many others. There were also many Jewish painters who came from Eastern Europe - Chaim Soutine, Marc Chagall, Lifshitz, and Mane Katz among them, all of them belonged to the "School of Paris".
Mana Katz in Haifa
In 1958, after fleeing from Paris to New York during the Second World War, Mana Katz immigrated to Israel and settled in Haifa in a house on Yaffe Nof Street, by virtue of the agreement with Aba Khushi. However, even after his ascension, he continued to live in Paris at the same time. In Israel he concentrated especially on painting the landscapes of the country and its people. He died in 1962, at the age of 68, and was buried in Haifa.
In accordance with the well-known agreement, all his property and estate were indeed transferred to the city of Haifa, and form the basis of the museum named after him - the Mana Katz Museum. His estate includes hundreds of paintings by the artist from all periods - oil paintings, goesh, watercolors and more, as well as a very rich collection of Judaica items.
The museum aims to preserve and bring to the public the artistic heritage of Mana Katz.
I draw much better than his smears. I also deserve a villa in front of the bay on Yaffe Nof Street? As I remember, the building always seemed empty. He apparently "lives in Israel" in his home in Paris!
Share your art please 🙏 Link?
thank you for your response. Apparently there is a difference between self-esteem and the evaluation of others.
The museum has 450 items
On the first day it is closed, one steals.
on the second day two
on the third day four
How long will it take to steal it all?
Thanks for your comment, it's sad that this is the case. The municipality is responsible!
The museum has been closed for more than ten months.
Debate with the municipality about the building's accessibility
Thanks for your response, sorry for the delay. Like many other things, in Haifa things are done slowly, too slowly.
Why aren't the contents of this museum stolen as well as the Museum of Ethnology and Folklore?