Yohanan Simon 1950s Litho of Life in Israel Kibbutz Important Israeli Artist 

Yohanan Simon was born in Berlin in 1905. He studied in Frankfurt with Beckmann, at the Art Academy in Munich and at the Ecole Beaux-Arts in Paris. During the late 1920s, he joined a circle of young painters that included Andre Derain. In 1934, Simon worked for the journal, “Vogue” in New York. Simon lived in Paris, for a time, before immigrating to Palestine in 1936. He was a member of Kibbutz Gan- Shmuel until 1953 and he was active in the Hagana. He also participated in the War of Liberation. He traveled extensively in South America and the United States from 1954-1955 and in 1961. He also visited Europe in 1958. In 1962 Simon moved to Herzelia and he died in Israel in 1976.