Pann (Feferman) Abel (1883, Krāslava, Vitebsk Governorate — 1963, Jerusalem) — painter, graphic artist, caricaturist. P.'s father, Nakhum Feferman, was a rabbi and yeshiva head. P. received a religious education at a heder. Studied in Vitebsk at the School of Drawing and Painting under Y. Pan. From 1898, studied painting at the Odesa Art School. From 1903 — in Paris. Visited Chișinău to capture the aftermath of the pogrom. Trained under A.W. Bouguereau in Vienna and Paris. From 1910, collaborated with a number of French weeklies, in which he published drawings and caricatures. Participated in exhibitions of the Salon of Independent Caricaturist-Draughtsmen; in 1912 — in the Russian exhibition at the Devambez Gallery. In 1913–14, taught at the “Bezalel” Academy in Jerusalem. In 1914, returned to Paris, intending to emigrate to Palestine. Did not receive permission due to the First World War, being a French subject. In 1916, painted a series of pictures about Cossack raids on Jewish townships. The paintings were exhibited in 1917–20 in the USA. From 1920 — in Palestine; in 1920–24, headed the graphics faculty at the “Bezalel” School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem. In 1924, together with L.O. Pasternak, S. Raskin and K. Feder, participated in a historical-ethnographic expedition through Palestine organised by A.E. Cohan. In 1924 and 1926, albums of P.'s illustrations to the first two books of the Torah were published in Jerusalem. Author of the graphic albums “Jerusalem” (1930) and “The Jug of Tears.” In 1936, P.'s pastels and etchings on themes from the Torah were exhibited at a solo exhibition in Bournemouth (UK). In 1944, created a series of pastels devoted to the Holocaust (held at Yad Vashem). His works are held at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris (the painting “Russian Trader”) and museums of Israel. Many paintings were acquired by Marcus Pechehheimer and donated to “Bezalel.” Some paintings are exhibited at the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa.

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