Michoel Muchnik is an artist associated with the
Chabad-Lubavitch
Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (; ; ), is a dynasty in Hasidic Judaism. Belonging to the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) branch of Orthodox Judaism, it is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, as well as one of ...
Hasidic
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movement. Muchnik resides in
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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; his art is noted for its joyful, story book renderings of Jewish and Hasidic themes in water colors and acrylics, and for original lithographs.
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Personal life
Michoel Muchnik was born in Philadelphia
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in 1952. Muchnik received his artistic training at the Rhode Island School of Design
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase th ...
. He later studied Jewish and Talmudic studies at the Rabbinical College of America
The Rabbinical College of America is a Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey. The Yeshiva was led by Rabbi Moshe Herson until his death in 2025. The growth of the Yeshiva college has had a significant cultural effect on ...
in Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown () is a Town (New Jersey), town in and the county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. .["Michoel Muchnik: Renowned Chasidic Artist Speaks About His Work."]
''The Jewish Review''. Volume 1 , Issue 2. December, 1987.
''Chabad.org''. Accessed December 1, 2014.
Art
Michoel Muchnik's art focuses on imaginative and joyful depictions of traditional and mystical Jewish and Hasidic themes. Muchnik has exhibited his work and lectured on Hasidic art throughout the United States as well as abroad. In 1977, Muchnik was selected alongside four other Hasidic artists, including Hendel Lieberman, to be featured at a special Hasidic art exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...
. Muchnik has written and illustrated a number of children's books and illustrated a collector's edition of ''Pirke Avot
Pirkei Avot (; also transliterated as ''Pirqei Avoth'' or ''Pirkei Avos'' or ''Pirke Aboth'', also ''Abhoth''), which translates into English as Chapters of the Fathers, is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims from Rabbinic Jewis ...
'' (''Ethics of the Fathers''), published by Behrman House in 1986.[ Muchnik has painted scenes of the Mitzvah Campaigns, a particular, unique set of images associated with Chabad's outreach activities.
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The Creative Soul
Muchnik has joined "The Creative Soul," a network of Chabad Chasidic artists founded by artist and ''shaliach'' Yitzchok Moully
Yitzchok Moully (born 1979) is an Australian- American Orthodox rabbi and artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and is known for his "Chasidic Pop Art" painting style. Moully served as a Chabad emissary ('' shaliach'') in ...
."Chassidic artists to participate in group art show."
''CrownHeights.info''. September 27, 2012.
See also
* Hendel Lieberman
* Yitzchok Moully
Yitzchok Moully (born 1979) is an Australian- American Orthodox rabbi and artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and is known for his "Chasidic Pop Art" painting style. Moully served as a Chabad emissary ('' shaliach'') in ...
References
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American Hasidim
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim
1952 births
Living people
Artists from Philadelphia
Jewish American painters