Itzchak Tarkay
Visual Artist
1935 –
Who is Itzchak Tarkay?
Itzchak Tarkay was born in 1935 in Subotica on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border.
In 1944, Tarkay and his family were sent to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp, until Allied liberation freed them a year later. In 1949 his family emigrated to Israel, living in a kibbutz for several years. Tarkay attended the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design from 1951, and graduated from the Avni Institute of Art and Design in 1956.
His art is influenced by French Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism, particularly Matisse and Toulouse-Lautrec. His work was exhibited at the International Art Expo in New York in 1986 and 1987. He has been the subject of three books, all published by Park West Gallery, his dealer.
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- Born
- 1935
- Education
- Avni Institute of Art and Design
- Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
- Died
- May 12, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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