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MOSHE CASTEL(Jerusalem 1909 - 1968 Tel Aviv)
Café au Beaulieu de Safed.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower left: Castel.
33 x 41.5 cm.
Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland.
Moshé Elazar Castel came from a religious
Jewish family. He studied art in Paris.
There he studied the painting techniques
of Rembrandt, Velasquez, Delacroix and
Courbet, and copied their style. For him,
the materials and the style and manner of
applying the paint, and how it is placed, are
the most important thing. Castel’s artistic
style is informed on the one hand by Euro-
pean abstract art, and on the other by the
ancient writing and mythological symbols
of Jewish and Sumerian culture, which he
accentuates in rich, powerful colours.
CHF 20 000 / 30 000
(€ 18 520 / 27 780)