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{{Short description|French Jewish painter}}

'''Emmanuel Mané-Katz''', or '''Mane-Katz''', '''<font lang=he>מאנה‏ כץ‏</font>''' ''Ma'aneh-Kats'' ([[1894]], [[Kremenchug]], [[Poltava]] - [[1962]], [[Tel-Aviv]]) was the [[Ukraine]]-born [[France|French]] and [[Israeli]] [[painter]] and [[sculpture|sculptor]].

{{Infobox artist

| name = Emmanuel Mané-Katz<br>מאנה כץ

| nationality = French

| known_for = Painting, especially of Eastern European Jewish life

| style = [[Expressionism]]

| image = Mane Katz.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = 1894

| death_date = 1964

| birth_place = [[Kremenchuk]], [[Russian Empire]]

| movement = [[École de Paris]]

| death_place = [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]

}}

'''Emmanuel Mané-Katz''' ({{langx|he|מאנה כץ}}), born ''Mane Leyzerovich Kats'' (1894–1962), was a [[Litvaks|Litvak]]<ref>"[http://www.lewbenart.com/kalendorius-en-us/exhibition-hello-paris-the-path-of-litvak-artists Exhibition 'Hello, Paris! The Path of Litvak Artists']" (January 1, 2014). Lewben Art Foundation. lewbenart.com. Retrieved 2016-12-21.</ref> painter of the [[School of Paris]], born in [[Kremenchuk]], [[Russian Empire]] (now in Ukraine), best known for his depictions of the Jewish ''[[shtetl]]'' in Eastern Europe.<ref name="haaretz.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/an-inside-job-1.254733?v=E750D7A861E05AAE9A6719A439BBC4FE|title=An Inside Job?|last=Ashkenazi|first=Eli|date=September 28, 2008|work=Haaretz.com|access-date=2016-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-30 |title=MANÉ-KATZ |url=https://ecoledeparis.org/fr/mane-katz/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Bureau d’art Ecole de Paris |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

He was born ''Mane Leyzerovich Kats''.

==External linksBiography ==

Mané-Katz moved to Paris at the age of 19 to study art,<ref name="Werner">Werner, Alfred (2007). "Mane-Katz." ''Encyclopaedia Judaica''. 2nd ed. Macmillan Reference USA. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 2016-12-21. See also: 1st edition. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing, 1972. Vol. 11, p. 870-871.</ref> although his father wanted him to be a [[rabbi]]. During the [[World War I|First World War]] he returned to Russia, at first working and exhibiting in [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]]; following the [[October Revolution]], he traveled back to Kremenchuk, where he taught art.<ref name="Werner" /> In 1921, due to the ongoing fighting in his hometown during the [[Russian Civil War|civil war]], he moved once again to Paris.<ref name="Werner" /> There he became friends with [[Pablo Picasso]] and other important artists, and was affiliated with the art movement known as the [[School of Paris]];<ref name="Werner" /> together with other outstanding Jewish artists of that milieu, that include [[Chaïm Soutine|Chaim Soutine]], [[Yitzhak Frenkel|Isaac Frenkel Frenel]], [[Amedeo Modigliani|Amadeo Modigliani]], [[Marc Chagall]] and others; he is sometimes considered to be part of a group referred to specifically as the Jewish School of Paris.<ref>Schechter, Ronald; Zirkin, Shoshannah (2009). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=NoPZu79hqaEC&pg=RA1-PA829 Jews in France]". In: M. Avrum Ehrlich (Ed.), ''Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture''. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. {{ISBN|9781851098736}}. Vol. 3. p. 820-831; here: p. 829.</ref>

* http://www.marblearchfinearts.com/manekatz/mane_katz_bio_p.html

* http://www.theo-zimmerman.freeserve.co.uk/katz.htm

* http://www.artcult.com/manek.htm

In 1931, Mané-Katz's painting ''The Wailing Wall'' was awarded a gold medal at the [[Paris Colonial Exposition|Paris World's Fair]].<ref name="Werner" />[[File:'The Quartet', oil on canvas painting by Mané-Katz, 1930s.jpg|thumb|''The Quartet'', oil on canvas by Mané-Katz, 1930s]]

===pictures===

* http://www.mede-gallery.com/katz.html

* http://www.jewishartnetwork.com/JewishArt/o_mane-katz.asp

* http://www.artnet.de/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?G=&gid=130779&which=&aid=9284&ViewArtistBy=online&rta=http://www.artnet.de

Early on, his style was classical and somber, but his palette changed in later years to bright, primary colors, with an emphasis on Jewish themes. His oils feature [[Hasidic Judaism|Hassidic]] characters, rabbis, Jewish musicians, beggars, [[yeshiva]] students and scenes from the East European shtetl.<ref>http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-3096279_ITM {{Dead link|date=September 2022}}</ref>

Mané-Katz made his first trip to [[Mandatory Palestine|Mandate Palestine]] in 1928, and thereafter visited the country annually. He said his actual home was Paris, but his spiritual home was [[Land of Israel|Eretz Yisrael]], the Land of [[Israel]].

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== Mané-Katz Museum ==

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Mané-Katz left his paintings and extensive personal collection of [[Jewish ceremonial art|Jewish ritual art]] to the city of [[Haifa]], Israel.<ref name="Werner"/> Four years before his death, the mayor of Haifa, [[Abba Hushi]], provided him with a building on [[Mount Carmel]] to house his work, which became the Mané-Katz Museum. The exhibit includes Mané-Katz's oils, showing a progressive change in style over the years, a signed portrait of the artist by Picasso dated 1932 and a large collection of Jewish ritual objects.

In 1953, Mané-Katz donated eight of his paintings to the Glitzenstein Museum in [[Safed]], whose artists quarter attracted leading Israeli artists in the 1950s and 1960s, and housed some of the country's most important galleries.<ref name="haaretz.com"/>

==See also==

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[[File:Mane Catz Museum (5).JPG|thumbnail|Mane Catz Museum in [[Haifa]], Israel]]

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* [[Visual arts in Israel]]

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== Further reading ==

* Aimot, J. ''Mane-Katz''. 1933

* Ragon, M. ''Mane-Katz''. 1961

* Werner, A. ''Mane-Katz''. 1960

== References ==

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== External links ==

{{commons category|Mane Katz}}

* [http://www.mkm.org.il/eng Mané-Katz Museum]

* [https://www.benuricollection.org.uk/intermediate.php?artistid=83 An artwork by Emmanuel Mane-Katz] at the [https://benuri.org/ Ben Uri] site

* [http://www.marblearchfinearts.com/manekatz/mane_katz_bio_p.html marblearchfinearts.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215151336/http://www.marblearchfinearts.com/manekatz/mane_katz_bio_p.html |date=2016-02-15 }}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051227072526/http://mede-gallery.com/katz.html mede-gallery.com]

* [http://www.artnet.de/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?G=&gid=130779&which=&aid=9284&ViewArtistBy=online&rta=http://www.artnet.de artnet.de]

* [http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/4/21/main-feature/1/not-marc-chagall "Not Marc Chagall" jewishideasdaily.com]

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