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Lot 214 TEDDY KOLLEK (1911-2007), MAYOR OF JERUSALEM (1965-1993)
Theodore Kollek is well known around the world as the great builder of modern-day Jerusalem
As a follower of Herzl, the father of modern political Zionism, Kollek turned Jerusalem into an international
centre of culture, that carries a message of peace and tolerance.
As Mayor of Jerusalem, Kollek was known a patron of culture. He set up theatres, museums, community
centres, libraries, public sculptures and parks. Perhaps the greatest contribution Kollek made to Jerusalem was
the spirit of tolerance he managed to infuse into the demographic tinderbox.
During Teddy’s tenure, many artists and writers were drawn to the city and worked there, among them Marc
Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Jacques Lipschitz, Alexander Calder and Niki de Saint Phalle, to name but a few.
In his memoire, For Jerusalem, published with his son in 1978, Kollek recalled his long relationship with Marc
Chagall: ”I first met him in the early 1960s, when he was working on the twelve stained glass windows for
the synagogue in the Hadassah Medical Centre. Later he did beautiful tapestries for the Knesset building.
Chagall and I got on very well..” (p. 169).
Theodore Kollek is well known around the world as the great builder of modern-day Jerusalem
As a follower of Herzl, the father of modern political Zionism, Kollek turned Jerusalem into an international
centre of culture, that carries a message of peace and tolerance.
As Mayor of Jerusalem, Kollek was known a patron of culture. He set up theatres, museums, community
centres, libraries, public sculptures and parks. Perhaps the greatest contribution Kollek made to Jerusalem was
the spirit of tolerance he managed to infuse into the demographic tinderbox.
During Teddy’s tenure, many artists and writers were drawn to the city and worked there, among them Marc
Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Jacques Lipschitz, Alexander Calder and Niki de Saint Phalle, to name but a few.
In his memoire, For Jerusalem, published with his son in 1978, Kollek recalled his long relationship with Marc
Chagall: ”I first met him in the early 1960s, when he was working on the twelve stained glass windows for
the synagogue in the Hadassah Medical Centre. Later he did beautiful tapestries for the Knesset building.
Chagall and I got on very well..” (p. 169).
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Moses
Closed4 December 2014
Price Realised
GBP 3,750