Mayanot Gallery is an art gallery located on King George Street

King George Street (Jerusalem)

King George Street is a street in central Jerusalem, Israel. It was named for King George V on December 9, 1924.-History:King George Street was dedicated in honor of the seventh anniversary of the British conquest of Jerusalem under General Allenby...

 in Jerusalem.

The gallery was opened in 1986 by Yael Gahnassia, soon after she emigrated to Jerusalem form Paris. The gallery focuses on art with themes drawn from Jewish history, the Hebrew Bible, and the Land of Israel

Land of Israel

The Land of Israel is the Biblical name for the territory roughly corresponding to the area encompassed by the Southern Levant, also known as Canaan and Palestine, Promised Land and Holy Land. The belief that the area is a God-given homeland of the Jewish people is based on the narrative of the...

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Artists exhibited at the gallery include some classic Israeli artists, including Abel Pann

Abel Pann

]Abel Pann,, born Abba Pfeffermann in Latvia or in Kreslawka, Vitebsk, Belarus,, sources vary, was a European Jewish artist who spent most of his adult life in Jerusalem.-Early career and war paintings:...

 (1883–1963), Ludwig Blum (1891–1974), Ze'ev Raban

Ze'ev Raban

Ze’ev Raban was a leading painter, decorative artist, and industrial designer of the Bezalel school style, and was one of the founders of the Israeli art world.-Life:...

 (1890–1970), and Shmuel Charuvi (1897–1965), who worked in the early yeats of the Zionist movement or Israeli nationhood. The gallery also features contemporary painters, sculptors, and printmakers, including Zvi Malnovitzer, Beni Gassenbauer, Marek Yanai, Daniel Kafri, and Pnina Frank.