Jean David Artist & Posters Designer

Jean David was a painter and designer, known for his contributions to the Romanian avant-garde and to the early modernist art of Israel (then recently founded)
He studied between 1927 and 1937 at various art academies in Paris. In 1929 he participated for the first time in a collective exhibition in Bucharest and in 1933 he had his first personal exhibition (in the same city). In the early ’30s, he was a member of the Surrealist group “UNU” (meaning “one”). In 1942, he left Romania in a boat with 12 other Jews, including Theodor Brauner, the brother of Victor Brauner. After being captured by British authorities in Cyprus, he managed to reach Palestrina 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.