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Joel Tal- Mor (Schuster) (יואל טל- מור) (1923 - May 1997) was an Israeli artist that was born in Poland. Tal- Mor is known for his surrealist paintings.

Biography
Tal- Mor was born in Stanisławów, Poland (Ivano Frankivsk) to a family of hasidic rabbis. In World War 2 he was enlisted to the soviet Red army and was injured. After the war, between the years 1947-1954, he learned art in many places in the USSR. In 1960 he made Aliyah (immigrated) to Israel.

Many of his paintings were based on his memories from his childhood in Poland, others were based on Israeli towns and the rest are surrealistic.

Tal- Mor passed away in May 1997.

Links
Joel Tal- Mor in the Information center for Israeli art, Israel Museum