Hananiah Harari (1912-2000) was an American painter recognized for his unique style of Modern painting that integrated Cubism with Surrealism.
Harari worked both as an abstract painter whose work was exhibited in museums and as a commercial artist who designed print advertisements and magazine covers. He grew up and studied in New York before moving to Paris in 1932 to study under Fernand Léger and André Lhote. Upon returning to New York in 1935, Harari became one of the founding members of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. Harari regularly exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy of Design and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. In 1943, he exhibited at the landmark “American Realists and Magic Realists” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the important traveling exhibition, “Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States” organized by the San Francisco Art Museum. Harari taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan from 1974-1990, and at the Art Students League from 1984-1999.
Harari's work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum,the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.