Moi Ver

Born	1904 Vilnius, Lithuania
Nationality	Israeli, Jewish
Field	Painting, Photographer
Training	Bauhaus

Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic (born Moi Ver; 1904–1995) was a photographer and painter.

Life and work

Moi Ver (Moshe Raviv) was born in 1904 in Vilnius, Lithuania as Moses Vorobeichic. He initially studied painting. In his early 20s he matriculated at the Bauhaus, taking courses with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joseph Albers, and left from there to attend the Ecole Photo One in Paris.

In his book Moi Ver: Paris, he produced avant-garde photomontages. Originally published in 1931 by Editions Jeanne Walter with an introduction by Futurist Fernand Léger.

In 1932 Raviv was sent by the weekly Vie to Palestine as photo-reporter. Raviv illustrated many books. Raviv was a founder of the Artists' Colony in Safed.

He adopted Zionism in 1934 and immigrated to what was then known as Palestine. Moshe Raviv-Vorobeichic (as he called himself in Israel) focus more on painting than photography and lived in Safed until his death in 1995.

Education

• Art and architecture, Vilna University
• 1928 Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany
• 1930 Ecole Photo One, Paris

References

• "Moi Ver". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/default.asp?artist=277450. Retrieved September 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Posters at the Palestine Poster Project Archives.

Persondata
Name	Ver, Moi
Alternative names
Short description	Photographer and painter
Date of birth	1904
Place of birth	Vilnius, Lithuania
Date of death	1955
Place of death