HIGHLIGHTS

1920

Established the artists' cooperative in Jaffa and an artists' studio in Gymnasia Herzliya where gave lessons in painting and sculpture

1924

The Dutch painter Piet Mondrian acquired two of his abstract paintings for an English collector.

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1925

Opened the Histadrut Art School in Tel Aviv.

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1925-1930

His students included Shimshon Holzman, Mordechai Levanon, David Hendler, Joseph Kossonogi, and Siona Tagger. He was a mentor to Bezalel students Avigdor Stematsky, Yehezkel Streichman, Moshe Castel, and Arie Aroch. All those who studied under him absorbed French influence and most of them would go to learn in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.

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1934

He presented in the "Ohel" theater his abstract work, compositions of geometric shapes, and alongside them landscape paintings. The exhibition in the Ohel was called "Modern Artists", Tel Aviv's response to the conservative Bezalel-driven art in Jerusalem's Tower of David exhibition.

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1934

Designed the "Adloyada" carnival in Tel Aviv.

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1936

Began designing sets and costumes for the "HaOhel" theater. He will continue engaging in this sort of work until 1949, continuing his work both for the "HaOhel" theater as well as the "HaBima" theater. During that same period he also painted portraits of several famous actors who worked for the said theaters.

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1948

In the year of Israel's independence, he will be allowed to record historic milestones in its story. Painting the first meeting of the Knesset as well as the first meeting of the military committee of the IDF. He also made portraits of the first 120 MKs (Members of the Knesset).

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1949

He would become one of the founders of the "Artists Colony of Safed". He chose to distance himself from most of the artists of the colony, leading to the colony's resentment of him.

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1950

Exhibited his work in the 25th and 26th Bienniale of Venice, representing Israel. In 1952 he exhibited again in Paris.

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1954

Studied glassworks in France and created vitrages, which were ordered by Baroness Alix de Rothschild for a chapel in Normandy in the north of France.

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1973

His house reopened as a museum; the Frenkel Frenel Museum.

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1979

He had a One-man show at the famous "Orangerie" of Paris, in celebration of his 80th birthday; inaugurated by the President of the French Senate, Alain Poher.