This poster was designed by Jean David for Israel's 7th Independence Day celebrated in 1955. It presents a young boy sitting on the shoulders of a man, presumably Moses, dressed in garments from the biblical era, adorned with a Magen David necklace, and holding his famous staff. The boy is dressed in modern clothes and is waving an Israeli flag. Perhaps the message of this poster is that the younger generations are built upon the past and that the State of Israel draws its ability to prosper and grow through an ongoing connection with its heritage.
Jean David, born in Romania in 1908, was a painter and designer, known for his contributions to the Romanian avant-garde and to the early modernist art of Israel. Between 1927 and 1937 he studied at various art academies in Paris.
In 1929 he participated for the first time at a collective exhibition in Bucharest and in 1933 he had his first personal exhibition. In 1942 he left Romania in a boat with 12 other Jews, and after being captured by British authorities in Cyprus, he managed to reach Israel in 1944.
Together with Marcel Janco, he founded in Israel the artist village known as Ein Hod. He also gained much reputation as a muralist and especially designer, having designed numerous posters and other works for the El Al air company.
This poster was designed by Jean David for Israel's 7th Independence Day celebrated in 1955. It presents a young boy sitting on the shoulders of a man, presumably Moses, dressed in garments from the biblical era, adorned with a Magen David necklace, and holding his famous staff. The boy is dressed in modern clothes and is waving an Israeli flag. Perhaps the message of this poster is that the younger generations are built upon the past and that the State of Israel draws its ability to prosper and grow through an ongoing connection with its heritage.
Jean David, born in Romania in 1908, was a painter and designer, known for his contributions to the Romanian avant-garde and to the early modernist art of Israel. Between 1927 and 1937 he studied at various art academies in Paris.
In 1929 he participated for the first time at a collective exhibition in Bucharest and in 1933 he had his first personal exhibition. In 1942 he left Romania in a boat with 12 other Jews, and after being captured by British authorities in Cyprus, he managed to reach Israel in 1944.
Together with Marcel Janco, he founded in Israel the artist village known as Ein Hod. He also gained much reputation as a muralist and especially designer, having designed numerous posters and other works for the El Al air company.
מבחר מייצג מחומרי ארכיון מכון שנקר לתיעוד וחקר העיצוב בישראל זמינים דיגיטלית במסגרת שיתוף הפעולה בין משרד ירושלים ומורשת, הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל, שנקר-הנדסה.עיצוב.אמנות ומחלקת היודאיקה בספריית אוניברסיטת הרווארד. The selected materials of The Shenkar Institute for Research and Documentation of Design in Israel Archive's Archive can now be accessed online as part of a collaborative initiative between The Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage, The National Library of Israel, Shenkar-Engineering.Design.Art and the Judaica collection at the Harvard University Library.
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