Yigal Tumarkin

Yigal Tumarkin

Yigal Tumarkin (2006)
Birth name Peter Martin Gregor Heinrich Hellberg
Born 1933
Dresden, Germany
Nationality Israeli
Field Sculpture
Training Studied with Rudi Keheman, Ein Hod
Awards

Yigal Tumarkin (Hebrew: יגאל תומרקין) (born Peter Martin Gregor Heinrich Hellberg in Dresden, Germany in 1933) is an Israeli painter and sculptor. He is also known as Igael Tumarkin.[1]

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Biography

Tumarkin emigrated to Mandate Palestine from Germany at the age of two, where he later served in the Israeli Sea Corps. After completing his military service, he studied sculpture in Ein Hod, a village of artists near Mount Carmel. Tumarkin is famous for the memorial sculpture of the Holocaust in the central square of Tel Aviv (Rabin Square), and for some sculptures situated in the Negev.[2]

Tumarkin is also a theoretician and stage designer. The 1950s found Tumarkin 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.[3][4][5]

Education

Awards and Prizes

Outdoor and Public Art

Repertoire of over 80 outdoor sculptures around the world, including:

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.). http://books.google.com/books?id=rOjpAAAAMAAJ&q=tumarkin+dresden&dq=tumarkin+dresden&hl=en&ei=CqpMTvD4IYbe0QGpqaX-Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
  2. ^ Shlomo Sharan. Israel and the Post-Zionists: a nation at risk. http://books.google.com/books?id=5U-Dk-5p0mIC&pg=PA186&dq=tumarkin+rabin+square&hl=en&ei=N6pMTpOzBYLv0gHRwZCCBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
  3. ^ Rebecca L. Torstrick. Culture and customs of Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=amvQP0MzxRwC&pg=PA88&dq=tumarkin+trousers&hl=en&ei=g6pMTtfGJKP50gHlrd3rBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
  4. ^ Yair Mazor. Who wrought the Bible?: unveiling the Bible's aesthetic secrets. http://books.google.com/books?id=Rxsa9A-nW2sC&pg=PA14&dq=tumarkin+trousers&hl=en&ei=g6pMTtfGJKP50gHlrd3rBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBA. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
  5. ^ Ronald Fuhrer (1998). Israeli painting: from post-Impressionism to post-Zionism. http://books.google.com/books?id=6FRQAAAAMAAJ&q=tumarkin+trousers&dq=tumarkin+trousers&hl=en&ei=g6pMTtfGJKP50gHlrd3rBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBQ. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
  6. ^ Arturo Schwarz (2001). Love at first sight: the Vera, Silvia, and Arturo Schwarz collection of Israeli art. Israel Museum. http://books.google.com/books?id=orBPAAAAMAAJ&q=tumarkin+ein+hod&dq=tumarkin+ein+hod&hl=en&ei=w6pMTq_xKePx0gH0rqjjBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
  7. ^ "List of Dizengoff Prize laureates" (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality. http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516742.pdf. 
  8. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient’s C.V.". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsad/IgaelTumarkin/KorotHaimIgaelTomrkin.htm. 
  9. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsad/IgaelTumarkin/NimokyHsoftim.htm. 
  10. ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 

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