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Moses Levy (1885-1968), Jewish figure

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Moses Levy (1885-1968), Jewish figure
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Moses Levy (1885-1968), Jewish figure, oil on a plaque, signed and dated 1946, framed in a later frame, damages to the lower part of the frame Dimensions: 64X51 cm. * The painting came from a private collection of an italian family (1885 Tunis - 1968 Italy) - spent his first years in an Italian school in Tunis, and then the Levy family moved to Italy because of his mother's changing health.In 1900, Levi enrolled To the Luca Institute of Art, where Lorenzo and Ianni was one of his classmates.In Florence, they were often found together at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Giovanni Fattori School of Nude Art.
In 1907 Moshe was invited to the Venice Biennale, where he brought several etchings. During this period he concentrated on painting, and his style shows the influence of the teacher Faatori. While his family settled in Rigoli, in the province of Pisa, Moses often returned to Tunis. Where he painted subjects taken from local culture, although he never forgot his Tuscan training. In 1911 he held his first solo exhibition at the Tunisian Chamber of Commerce.
Until 1938, he attended almost every biennale in Venice, making many trips to Europe; He also had the opportunity to present his work in Paris in 1932. During this period, his style became the influence of Fattori. What dominates his fabrics is a Mediterranean feeling: the bold colors and sights, smells and sounds of the streets of the Arab market made a strong impression on him, and exposed himself in his paintings. The excellent Jewish roots of the middle class merged with the consciousness of the journey, both expressed in the scenes of Viareggio and the pictures of the walls of whitewashed houses in the heart of Tunisia.
Forced to leave Italy with the advent of racial laws, Levi moved to Nice and during the war he returned to Tunisia. After the war he settled in Paris and then in Florence. Finally in 1961, he moved permanently to Viareggio. "