From Znojmo to Tel Aviv: Otte Wallish (1906–1977)

The exhibition of Otte Wallish, leading Israeli graphic artist, who was born in Znojmo, is open at the Gallery of the House of Understanding in Znojmo until the end of May 2018. Otte Wallish studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. At the beginning of the thirties he opened his own graphic studio in Prague and cooperated with the Jewish National Fund. During his early period spending mainly in Czechoslovakia he designed advertising leaflets, posters, brochures and graphically edited books. In 1934 he moved to mandatory Palestine where he continued with his art work. In 1948 he graphically designed the Israeli Declaration of Independence and also designed the first Israeli stamps and coins. Alongside the government contracts he also paid attention to commercial projects – he created hundreds of posters, several of them belong to the icons of graphic design in Israel.

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