Lot 174

Emmanuel Mané-Katz (1894 - 1962) A VIOLINIST

Born at Kremenchug in Ukraine to an orthodox Jewish family, despite his father’s wish he become a rabbi Emmanuel Mané-Katz moved to Paris in 1913 and enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts. A year later, upon the outbreak of the First World War, he moved to St Petersburg where he continued painting. Mané-Katz’s style of painting was initially static, classical and somber, but his palette changed in later years to include bright, primary colors, loose brushwork and rhythmical forms. Although Mané-Katz painted a number of landscapes and flower studies, Jewish themes became his artistic emphasis.