Bezalel school

Not to be confused with Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

The Bezalel academy was founded as an art movement in Israel in the late Ottoman empire and British Mandate periods. The name Bezalel was chosen from the bible, he was a master craftsman, specifically the chief artisan of the Tabernacle, a portable sanctuary built during the Israelites' journey through the desert. The school originally named for the Bezalel Art School, predecessor of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, it has been described as "a fusion of oriental art and Art Nouveau." Boris Schatz, the father of Israeli art, founded the Bezalel academy of art, design and architecture in 1906, in Jerusalem, Israel. He aimed to establish an institution that combined education and craftsmanship, merging Eastern and Western cultures, a place to work and study.

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