Tower of David Period

The “Tower of David Period” is a nickname which describes Israeli art during the 1920s, specifically from Jerusalem's Bezalel perspective. The nickname was coined as a result of the exhibition that took place in the Tower of David, Jerusalem during that period. In the 1920s the artistic center of the region shifted from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv as modernist art of the School of Paris was introduced in Tel Aviv. Prominent events include the Tower of David exhibitions in the early 1920s, the Ohel theatre "modern artists" exhibition and the opening of the Histadrut art studio in Tel Aviv.

Instead of one artistic direction, this period was characterized by artistic works of conflicting styles, reflecting the worldview of the artists with regard to the social, political, and artistic reality within the Land of Israel and outside of it. Alongside the art created at “Bezalel”, which was characterized by decorative motifs and the influence of ars nova, the young Land-of-Israel artists produced works of art that reflected a variety of modernist influences.

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