Mordechai Levanon
Mordechai Levanon מרדכי לבנון | |
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| Born | Morderchai Weiss 7 February 1901 |
| Died | 20 October 1968 (aged 67) |
| Education | Isaac Frenkel's Histadrut Art School |
| Style | Expressionism |
| Movement | Ecole de Paris |
| Spouse | Rachel Goldfinger |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Dizengoff Prize 1940, 1961 |
Mordechai Levanon (Hebrew: מרדכי לבנון; 1901 - 1968) was an Israeli painter. He was one of the foremost Israeli landscape painters. He was the winner of the Dizengoff prize in 1940 and 1961. He was enchanted by Erez Israel's light, and the cities of Safed and Jerusalem; all of which feature heavily in his paintings.