Igael Tumarkin Temple Sculpture

Description

Igael Tumarkin
Israeli
1933 -
Temple
Wood, metal, stone
22 x 23 x23 in.
Signed, dated 1978

1933 Born October … more Igael Tumarkin
Israeli
1933 -
Temple
Wood, metal, stone
22 x 23 x23 in.
Signed, dated 1978

1933 Born October 23, in Dresden, Germany
1935 Emigrated to Palestine, Israel
1951–1953 Military service in the Israeli Army
1954 Worked in the studio of sculptor Rudi Lehmann
1955 Moved to Berlin, Germany, and joined Bertolt Brecht's Berliner Ensemble as a set designer and produced his first iron sculptures
1955–1957 Worked as an assistant to the designer Karl von Appen
1961 Moved back to Israel
1963 First Prize for Memoria of "Choulikat" 1966–1967
Trips to Europe, USA, Africa, and Australia
1968 Sandberg Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
First Prize for Memorial to Sailors, Haifa
1971 First Prize for Memorial for "Holocaust and Resurrection," Tel Aviv
1977 Traveled to India, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Tu Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Mali, Upper Volta, Mexico, Peru, and other places
2004 Awarded Israel Prize Laureate
Exhibitions
2009 "Igael Tumarkin: 50 years of Mastery," Sissman Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
2007 "Out, Still & Kicking," Givon Art Gallery Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel
2000 "Israeli Contemporary Art Print Exhibition," Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
1999 The Isreal Museum, Jeruselem, Israel (solo)
1994 "Igael Tumarkin," The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Japan (solo)
1992 "Tumarkin: Pesalim, 1957-1992," Muze'on Tel Aviv le-omanut, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
1985 "Tumarkin"Sara Gilat Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (solo)
1983 Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany (solo)
1980 "Igael Tumarkin, Skupturen, Zeichnungen, Grafik," Das Museum, Marl, Germany (solo)
1978 "Earth, Five Variations on a Theme: I. Tumarkin," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (solo) less