Background
Jean David was born on December 16, 1908 in Bucharest, Romania.
Jean David was born on December 16, 1908 in Bucharest, Romania.
Jean David has studied between 1927 and 1937 at various art academies in Paris.
In 1929 Jean David participated for the first time at a collective exhibition in Bucharest, and in 1933 he had his first personal exhibition there.
In 1942, he has left Romania in a boat with 12 other Jews, including Theodor Brauner, the brother of Victor Brauner. After being captured by British authorities in Cyprus, he managed to reach Palestrina in 1944. Together with Marcel Janco, he founded in Israel the artist village known as Ein Hod.
Jean David worked for many years as an Israeli Government Advisor on Industrial Forming issues.
Besides, he also gained much reputation as a muralist and especially designer, having designed numerous posters and other works for the El Al air company. In 1964,his works were shown at the documenta III in Kassel in the Department of Graphics.
David died on March 26, 1993 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Illustration for Haggadah of Pesach
City Scape (Ceramic)
Desert Landscape
Tomb of King David and Dormition Abbay, Mt. Zion, Jerusalem
Observation
The Royal Couple
Still Life on a White Tablecloth
Life and Death On the Roads - Be Careful!
Standing Figure
Still Life and Fruit
Birds
Walls of Jerusalem
El Al (Poster)
Urban landscape
Untitled
Figures and a bird
Untitled
Figures and pigeons
Safad (match box)
Heart
Heavenly Jerusalem (Vault Mural in the Sephardic Synagogue in the Old City, Jerusalem)
Biblical Scene
Peace Dove Over Jerusalem
Figure
Untitled
Portrait of a Woman (Ceramic)
Fly to Israel
Arab Parables
Preparation Work for Heavenly Jerusalem
Figure
Figure
Figure
Boats
King David
Jaffa
Follow the Sun to Israel (El Al Poster)
Illustration for Haggadah of Pesach
King David (Israel Travel Poster)
A Fish
Jerusalem
Children
Shimshon and the lion
Figure and Bird
Untitled (Railroad)
Untitled
Esther and Ahaseurus
Le menage hereux
Houses in Flames
Zim Israel
Holiday All Year Round
Jerusalem of Gold
Fantastic Figures
Couple
Vase of Flowers
Marine Landscape
Zim Israel Navigation Co. Ltd
Head Portrait
Jerusalem
See Tel Aviv
Figure
Woman
El Al Playing Cards
Jerusalem
Jacob's Dream
Untitled
Fish
Woman with Braids (Yemenite)
Jonah and the Whale (Israel Travel Poster)
Boats of Jewish Immigrants (Hamaapilim)
S.S. Israel
Cruel Game of Chess
Refinery
Parrots
House
A Figure
Scarecrow and Birds
Bird
Israel
Greek Story
Viva Poster
Visit Israel
Still Life
Acre (Match Box)
Port Scene
Illustration for Sașa Pană's „the romanticised life of god”
Cubes
In the early 1930s David was a member of the Surrealist group "unu" (meaning "one").
