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The Beit Castel gallery (House Of Castel), בית קסטל, is a gallery in the Artists' Colony of

Safed Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...

(Also known as Tzfat or Zefat). It is unique in its adherence to hosting art of a diverse range of artists from the Artists' Quarter of Safed with a special focus on the golden age of art in

History

Beit Castel used to be the home of the renowned Israeli artist:

Moshe Castel Moshe Castel ( he, משה קסטל; 1909 – December 12, 1991) was an Israeli painter. Biography Moshe Elazar Castel born in Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine, in 1909, to Rabbi Yehuda Castel and his wife Rachel. The family was descended from Sp ...

. The house that over time decayed was sold by Moshe Castel to his friend Yakov Hadad. Yakov Hadad as a boy was the court boy of Israeli giants such as Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel and

and used to assist others such as Nahum Gutman in order to make a bit of money for his family. Yakov Hadad has since rebuilt the gallery, turning the house itself into a fascinating work of art. In fact, the house (now gallery) itself is located in incredible proximity to the houses of artists such as Shimshon Holzman and Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel in Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel/

streets (Tet'Vav/Tet'Zain street).

Art

The art in the gallery was overwhelmingly produced by the great artists of the quarter such as Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel, Shimshon Holzman, Rolly Schaffer,

, Aaron Yaackobson and others. The art in the gallery is a fine mixture of modern art from the early 20th century up into the modern day, representing the breadth of modern Jewish art in pre-state Israel and the modern state of Israel.

Ambience

The gallery has a unique middle-eastern ambience thanks to its beautiful ornate gardens, trees and little courtyards. It contains a wide variety of ancient tools and stone works collected in part by Moshe Castel, Yakov Hadad and other Israeli artists who found those stoneworks among rubble, in the fields or in other locations.

References

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History

Art

Ambience

See also

References