Joseph Hachmey - The Israeli Phoenix, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, November 1998 -

A beautiful collection of " the Israeli Phenix ", the insurance company, mr Hachmey a ruthless collector very rich, who asks the painters to paint his portraits, that's why the show is full of his megalomanic portraits, among beautiful paintings of the leading Israeli artists, past and present.

The cataloge, huge, comprehensive, but the grafics, ( The cover and the typography ), are done in a very un professional way. The pictures are beautiful.

The portrait of Yehuda Gur, Moshe Mokady, 1926.

EMAIL US