Michoel Muchnik is an artist associated with the
Chabad-Lubavitch
Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic group ...
Hasidic
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...
movement. Muchnik resides in
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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; his art is noted for its joyful, story book renderings of Jewish and Hasidic themes in water colors and acrylics, and for original lithographs.
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Personal life
Michoel Muchnik was born in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
in 1952. Muchnik received his artistic training at the Rhode Island School of Design
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...
. He later studied Jewish and Talmudic studies at the Rabbinical College of America
The Rabbinical College of America is a Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey. The Yeshiva is under the direction of Rabbi Moshe Herson. The growth of the Yeshiva college has had a significant cultural effect on the commun ...
in .["Michoel Muchnik: Renowned Chasidic Artist Speaks About His Work."]
''The Jewish Review''. Volume 1 , Issue 2. December, 1987.
''Chabad.org''. Accessed December 1, 2014.
Art
Michoel Muchnik's art focuses on imaginative and joyful depictions of traditional and mystical Jewish and Hasidic themes. Muchnik has exhibited his work and lectured on Hasidic art throughout the United States as well as abroad. In 1977, Muchnik was selected alongside four other Hasidic artists, including Hendel Lieberman
Chenoch Hendel Lieberman (29 March 1900 Old Style, OS – 15 March 1976), born Chenoch Hendel Futerfas, was an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Russian-born, Chabad Hasidism, hasidic United States, American artist. He was the broth ...
, to be featured at a special Hasidic art exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown H ...
. Muchnik has written and illustrated a number of children's books and illustrated a collector's edition of ''Pirke Avot
Pirkei Avot ( he, פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת; also transliterated as ''Pirqei Avoth'' or ''Pirkei Avos'' or ''Pirke Aboth''), which translates to English as Chapters of the Fathers, is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims from ...
'' (''Ethics of the Fathers''), published by Behrman House in 1986.[ Muchnik has painted scenes of the ]Mitzvah Campaigns
Chabad mitzvah campaigns, or ''Mivtzo'im'' ( he, מבצעים) refer to the various mitzvah campaigns launched by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, for observance by all Jews. During the years 1967 to 1976, Schneerson called all ...
, a particular, unique set of images associated with Chabad's outreach activities.
The Creative Soul
Muchnik has joined "The Creative Soul," a network of Chabad Chasidic artists founded by artist and ''shaliach'' Yitzchok Moully
Yitzchok Moully (born 1979) is an Australian- American Orthodox rabbi and artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and is known for his "Chasidic Pop Art" painting style. Moully served as a Chabad emissary (''shaliach'') i ...
."Chassidic artists to participate in group art show."
''CrownHeights.info''. September 27, 2012.
See also
* Hendel Lieberman
Chenoch Hendel Lieberman (29 March 1900 Old Style, OS – 15 March 1976), born Chenoch Hendel Futerfas, was an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Russian-born, Chabad Hasidism, hasidic United States, American artist. He was the broth ...
* Yitzchok Moully
Yitzchok Moully (born 1979) is an Australian- American Orthodox rabbi and artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and is known for his "Chasidic Pop Art" painting style. Moully served as a Chabad emissary (''shaliach'') i ...
References
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American Hasidim
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim
1952 births
Jewish American artists
Living people
Artists from Philadelphia
Jewish painters