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( 1933- )
Igael Tumarkin, Sculptor, and Painter, Theoritican and Stage Designer as well. b. 1933, Dresden, Germany. Immigrated 1935. Studies: 1954 with Rudi Lehman, Ein Hod. 1955-57 Worked as stage-designer for the Berliner Ensemble with Bertholdt Brecht. 1957-1957 Sculpted in The Netherlands, Germany and Paris, and became close to the Dada artists of Europe. 1961 Moved back to Israel. Prizes: 1963 First Prize for Memoria of "Choulikat";1968 Sandberg Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem; 1968 First Prize for Memorial to Sailors, Haifa; 1971 First Prize for Memorial for "Holocaust and Resurrection", Tel Aviv; 1978 First Prize in the Bianale for Drawing, Reike; 1984 Reward from the President of the Italian Republic; 1992 August Rodin Prize, The International Sculpture Competition of the Open Museum, Hakone, Japan, for his sculpture Macht Arbeit Frei; 1997 Reward of Excellence, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany; 1998 Sussman Prize, Vienna; 2004 Israel Prize for Sculpture. Repertoire of over 80 outdoor sculptures around the world, including: 1966 ?Peace Memorial?, Hebron Road, Jerusalem; 1971 ?Homage to Jerusalem?, Givat Shapira; 1973 ?Challenge to the Sun?, Ramot Alon, Jerusalem; 1986 ?Chichen Itzma?, Kiriat Menahem, Jerusalem; 1986 Pisgat Zeev, Jerusalem; 1989 Homage to Robert Capa, Pozoblanco, Spain; 1989 La Liberte, Bordeaux, France; 1991 Bertolt Brecht, Berlin Museum Garden; 1992 ?Jerusalem - Three Faiths?, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem; 1993 My Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan; 1993 Semaphore, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot; 1994-1996 The Sculpture Farden of Belvoir; 1997 Memorial for Itzhak Rabin, Ramat Gan Museum; 2000 Abu Nabut Garden, Jaffa. Tomarkin frequently exhibits ib Israel and in Europe and the U.S.A., and gained international recognition. His art involves harsh political statements, what made him a very contrversial artist, but at the same time, one of the most domminant figures in modern Israeli art.
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Ygael Tumarkin