About Michael Falk

On-Line Galleries:

• Stories from the Bible
• The Ten Plagues of Egypt
• The Kid That My Father Bought
• Memories of my Youth
• Pictures from the Kibbutz

Michael Falk was born in Germany in 1929. Following the events of the Crystal Night in November 1938, his parents, recognizing the dangers ahead, managed to obtain permission for him to leave the country. At the age of 10, he left his parents behind in Germany and traveled alone to Ireland, where he found refuge. Michael was taken in by a foster family in Dublin, who cared for him until the end of World War II. While in Dublin, Michael was accepted at the National College of Art, where he studied until 1946. In 1946 Michael rejoined his parents, who had managed to escape the holocaust and were able to settle in the U.S. In New York, he continued his studies in art, attending the Cooper Union School of Art and Engineering in New York. In 1950 Michael immigrated to Israel, joining Kibbutz Gal-On in the Northen Negev of Israel, where he worked in farming. In 1957 he moved his family to a moshav (small holders co-op) where he raised sheep and grew avocados. Throughout the entire period, Michael continued to engage in art, spending whatever free time he could find to paint. Since retiring from farming in 1991, Michael Falk has devoted himself entirely to painting. Many of his themes are taken from the Old Testament, but his paintings also reveal his deep love for the land and animals which have been so much a part of his adult life. Michael's paintings have been exhibited in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and are to be found in private collections in Israel and abroad. Michael Falk has exhibited his paintings in the following solo exhibitions: Group Exhibitions in Europe: ♦II Muestra de Arte Naif Europeo Eboli Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain - 2005 ♦Peinture Primitive Moderne Galeria Pro Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland - 2005 Gina Gallery of International Naive Art Dizengoff St., Tel Aviv June 2004 Foyer of Congregation Hod Ve Hadar, Kfar Saba Three exhibitions at this venue: ♦ Stories from the Bible - Oct 2002 ♦ Scenes from my Youth - Sept 2002 ♦ Spring Festival - May 2000 Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem March 2000 Mofet Gallery, Ranana 1998 Shulamit Gallery, Gordon St., Tel Aviv 1992 Michael's works were also displayed at group exhibitions in the Gina Gallery in 2003 and in the Kfar Saba City Gallery in 1990 and 1991.