Yochanan Simon was born in 1905 in Berlin.

Studied in various art schools in Germany. In the late twenties he joined a circle of young painters around Andre' Derain. Later he lived in Paris until he immigrated to Palestine in 1936. From that year until 1953 he was a member of Kibbutz Gan-Shmuel. Yohanan Simon was active in the Hagana and participated in the War of Liberation. Since 1953 he has lived in Tel-Aviv. In 1954-55 and 1961 he travelled extensively in South America and the United States and during 1958-9 in Europe. Since 1962 he lives in Herzelia, Israel, and his Israeli art works of his can be found in the collection of the Engel Galleries.

One Man Shows: Galerie Jeaune Castel 1935. Museum Tel-Aviv, 1943, 47, 53, 58; Pevsner Hall Hiafa, 1947; Beitenu Haifa, 1947; Ben Uri Gall, London, 1951; Ohana Gall. London, 1954; Museum de Arte Moderna, Sao Paolo, 1954; Hebraica, Buenos Aires, 1955; Galeria de Lima, Lima, 1955; Mirka Studio Tel-Aviv, 1956; Artist House Jerusalem, 1958; Ohana Gallery, London, 1958; Gallery Plaats, The Hague, 1958; Boisseree Gallery, Koeln, 1959; Art Center, Lima, 1961; Cruz Azul Gallery Guatamala City, 1962; Galleria Forma, San Salvador (El Salvador), 1962; Feingarten Galleries, San Fransisco, Cal, 1963; Miami Museum of Art, Florida, 1964; Walcheturm Galerie, Zuerich, 1964; Haus am Luetzowplatz, Berlin, 1965; Herzelia Museum, 1966.

Portrait of Ida Kimche

 

Artist: Yohanan Simon