Moshe Murro | |
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 Photograph of Moshe Murro | |
| Born | 1888 |
| Nationality | Israeli, Jewish |
| Education | Bezalel school, Jerusalem |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Israeli art |
Moshe Murro was an Israeli artist.
Biography
Moshe Murro was born in 1888. He set up a Kamiya (Amulet) workshop, to restore old ivory or stone amulets at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem between the 1920s–1930s. Moshe Moro died in 1957.
Artistic career
Moshe Murro, copper plate
Moshe Murro, A Returning Jew in Jerusalem, ivory
Moshe Murro, The Scribe, copper plate
There are some works of Moshe Murro which have recently seen light in auction houses. An album with original photographs of more than 50 of his works, brass and bronze embossments, sculpting in ivory and stone accompanied by titles: in the Old City, Eliezer ben Yehuda, Henrietta Szold, Balfour, was recently sold. In addition other items have been up for sale.
Teaching
- Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moshe Murro.
- Moshe Murro collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- "Moshe Murro". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- Art of Moshe Murro at Europeana. Retrieved February 21, 2012
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