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1900 Manchester - 1986. Known for: Portrait painting, botanics.
Emmanuel Levy was born to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents in Hightown, Manchester, England. Levy's father was the beadle at the Great Synagogue, Cheetham Hill and he attended the local Jews’ Free... Read full biography
Emmanuel Levy was born to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents in Hightown, Manchester, England. Levy's father was the beadle at the Great Synagogue, Cheetham Hill and he attended the local Jews’ Free School, before studying at Manchester School of Art under Adolphe Valette (c. 1918) together with L.... Read full biography
Emmanuel Levy was born to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents in Hightown, Manchester, England. Levy's father was the beadle at the Great Synagogue, Cheetham Hill and he attended the local Jews’ Free School, before studying at Manchester School of Art under Adolphe Valette (c. 1918) together with L. S. Lowry (whose portrait he drew), as well as at St Martin’s School of Art in London, and in Paris. He returned to Manchester for his first solo show in 1925. Levy's early work included Jewish subject... Read full biography
Emmanuel Levy was born to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents in Hightown, Manchester, England. Levy's father was the beadle at the Great Synagogue, Cheetham Hill and he attended the local Jews’ Free School, before studying at Manchester School of Art under Adolphe Valette (c. 1918) together with L. S. Lowry (whose portrait he drew), as well as at St Martin’s School of Art in London, and in Paris. He returned to Manchester for his first solo show in 1925. Levy's early work included Jewish subject matter, such as The Mourners (Sitting Shiva) (1928, Ben Uri Collection), executed in a semi-Cubist manner. In 1928, Levy was appointed a special instructor in life drawing at Manchester University School of Architecture upon the recommendation of... Read full biography
Emmanuel Levy was born to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents in Hightown, Manchester, England. Levy's father was the beadle at the Great Synagogue, Cheetham Hill and he attended the local Jews’ Free School, before studying at Manchester School of Art under Adolphe Valette (c. 1918) together with L. S. Lowry (whose portrait he drew), as well as at St Martin’s School of Art in London, and in Paris. He returned to Manchester for his first solo show in 1925. Levy's early work included Jewish subject matter, such as The Mourners (Sitting Shiva) (1928, Ben Uri Collection), executed in a semi-Cubist manner. In 1928, Levy was appointed a special instructor in life drawing at Manchester University School of Architecture upon the recommendation of Valette, whom he succeeded. He also gave popular public demonstrations in portrait painting. From 1929, for several years, he was Art... Read full biography