Wall painting by Ottoman officer found in Haifa

HAIFA - Anadolu Agency

A massive painting created by an Ottoman soldier has been discovered beneath the plaster of the wall of a nuts store in Haifa. Now, support is needed to reveal the entire painting and to protect it

The 10-meter painting by the Ottoman officer has not been entirely revealed and $10,000 is needed to continue works, according to the Haifa History Club’s Eli Liran.

Locals in Haifa have discovered a large painting dating back from World War I in a nuts store in the coastal Israeli city.

The 10-meter-wide and three-meter-high painting, which covers the entire wall, depicts an air attack by the British army against the Ottoman army during World War I. 

The painting was revealed by a university student who had come to the store for shopping. Seeing a miniature soldier’s head beneath the peeled-off plaster on the wall, the student called a friend who is an expert on wall paintings. The expert went to the store the following day to examine the wall and said a bigger painting could be concealed beneath the plaster. 

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