Histadrut Art Studio

The Histadrut studio of art was the first art academy in Tel Aviv in mandatory Palestine. Founded by Isaac Frenkel Frenel.[1] It was active from 1926 to 1929. The Histadrut, the Jewish labour union provided some funding and therefore the studio used the Histadrut name.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Modern Artists' exhibtion, Ohel theatre, 1926

The art school was the first in Israel to adapt and teach modern art trends.[9] It was in particularly influenced by modern French art and the School of Paris. Isaac Frenkel, who studied in Paris, taught his students the modern Parisian art trends. Frenkel presented a modernist alternative to Bezalel's (a Jerusalem art school) Orientalist style.[10] The art studio was one of many catalysts to Tel Aviv's rise in cultural prominence in the Yishuv; the studio's role was especially prominent in the sphere of art. Several Bezalel students would join the studio during the weekends in order to learn the new modern French art from Frenkel. These students include Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky, Yehezkel Streichman.

In september 1927 the studio was made up of 17 students of which 6 were female.

Exhibitions

Frenkel's studio participated in several major art exhibitions during the 1920s, these include the Modern Artists Exhibition in the Ohel theatre and the tower of David exhibitions.[11]

Students

References
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  9. "Abstract Alexander Frenel Frenkel was the first abstract painter in Israel. He learned his art from Paris in the twenties. When he exhibited at the "salon des independants" in 1924 in Paris, Mondrian acquired two of his paintings for an English collectionor". www.frenkel-frenel.org. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  10. "Abstract Alexander Frenel Frenkel was the first abstract painter in Israel. He learned his art from Paris in the twenties. When he exhibited at the "salon des independants" in 1924 in Paris, Mondrian acquired two of his paintings for an English collectionor". www.frenkel-frenel.org. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  11. "1884 | Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel". www.tidhar.tourolib.org. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
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