Yigal Tumarkin

Igael Tumarkin

Igael Tumarkin (2006)
Born Peter Martin Gregor Heinrich Hellberg
1933
Dresden, Germany
Nationality Israeli
Education Studied with Rudi Lehmann, Ein Hod
Known for Sculpture
Awards

Igael Tumarkin (Hebrew: יגאל תומרקין) (born 1933) is an Israeli painter and sculptor.[1]

Biography

Peter Martin Gregor Heinrich Hellberg (later Igael Tumarkin) was born in Dresden, Germany. His father, Martin Hellberg, was a German theater actor and director. His mother, Berta Gurevitch and his stepfather, Herzl Tumarkin, immigrated to Mandate Palestine when he was two.[2] Tumarkin served in the Israeli Navy. After completing his military service, he studied sculpture in Ein Hod, a village of artists near Mount Carmel. His youngest son is actor Yon Tumarkin.[3][4]

Art career

Igael Tumarkin, 1980

Among Tumarkin's best known works are the Holocaust and Revival memorial in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv and his sculptures commemorating fallen soldiers in the Negev.[5]

Tumarkin is also a theoretician and stage designer. In the 1950s, Tumarkin worked in East Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris. Upon his return to Israel in 1961, he became a driving force behind the break from the charismatic monopoly of lyric abstraction there. Tumarkin created assemblages of found objects, generally with violent Expressionist undertones and decidedly unlyrical color. His determination to "be different" influenced his younger Israeli colleagues. The furor generated around Tumarkin's works, such as the old pair of trousers stuck to one of his pictures, intensified the mystique surrounding him.[6][7][8] One of his controversial works is a pig wearing phylacteries (Tfilin).[9]

Education

Awards and recognition

Outdoor and Public Art

Tumarkin has created over 80 outdoor sculptures in Israel and around the world.

Monument in the Moav Outlook in Arad, Israel
Holocaust memorial sculpture in Tel Aviv

See also

References

  1. Susan Tumarkin Goodman. Artists of Israel, 1920-1980: the Jewish Museum/New York, February 19-May 17, 1981. Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.). Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  2. Tumarkin, Igael
  3. "Yon Tumarkin Biography". Imdb.com. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. "Split. Personajes". boomerang.com.br. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  5. Shlomo Sharan. Israel and the Post-Zionists: a nation at risk. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  6. Rebecca L. Torstrick. Culture and customs of Israel. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  7. Yair Mazor. Who wrought the Bible?: unveiling the Bible's aesthetic secrets. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  8. Ronald Fuhrer (1998). Israeli painting: from post-Impressionism to post-Zionism. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  9. Harel, Israel (2004-02-12). "The Israel Prize for Divisiveness". Haaretz. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  10. Arturo Schwarz (2001). Love at first sight: the Vera, Silvia, and Arturo Schwarz collection of Israeli art. Israel Museum. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  11. "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient’s C.V.".
  12. "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient".

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