Shalom Mizfat (Shalom Moskovitz)

Shalom Moskovitz (also spelled Sholem Moscovitz, Hebrew: 'שלום מושקוביץ;) c. 1887 – 1980) was an Hasidic Jewish painter in Safed, Israel. Moskovitz, known as artist Shalom of Safed, labored as a watchmaker for most of his life before first beginning to paint at the age 55. His art primarily featured biblical themes and often contained a proverb or sentence from scripture. His paintings are considered significant to Israeli art history.