Yohanan Simon, painter and one of the most important posters designer in Israel  was born in 1905, Berlin. From 1927 he lived mainly in France. Beginning in 1934 he worked in New York for the magazine Vogue. In 1936 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine. Until 1953 he was a member of Kibbutz Gan Shmuel. He executed a number of murals for Israeli ships, public buildings and hotels, including Bank of Israel offices in New York and a hotel in Côte d’Ivoire. He also illustrated books and designed stage sets.

Awards and Prizes
1945-46 The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel Aviv
1951 Congress of Jewish Culture Prize, New York City
1952 Zichron Yaakov Prize
1953 The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel Aviv
1956 Israel Olympic Committee Prize
1958 Ramat Gan Prize
1960 Histadrut Prize
1961 The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel Aviv
Outdoor and Public Art
1951 Congress of Jewish Culture, New York City
1956 Israel Olympic Committee
Selected Exhibitions
1948 Venice Biennale
1958 Venice Biennale
1953 São Paulo

This is an original Israeli May Day poster from May 1st 1945 published by the Histadrut HaOvdim. On the top is written “Workers of the world – Unite!”. Very artistic work by the very known Israeli artist Otte Wallish.

Wallish was responsible for the calligraphy and design of the scroll for Israel’s Declaration of Independence and took the lead in designing Israel’s first postage stamps. Wallish also contributed a variety of original designs, including the World Refugee Year (1960), the 25th Zionist Congress (1960), and the centennial of the Hebrew press in Israel.He also designed a menorah stamp (1952) and a defense series (1957), with the insignia of the Haganah. Social realism

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This is an original political poster from 1949 issued by the Israeli Histadrut movement. On top it says “We are your builders and only we shall serve you faithfully” (reffering to the Israeli city Ramat-Gan).

Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of Tel Aviv. It is home to one of the world’s major diamond exchanges, many high-tech industries, and Israel’s tallest building, the Moshe Aviv Tower.Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a moshava, a communal farming settlement. At the end of 2009, the population was 145,000. Social realism