YGAEL TUMARKIN (1933-2021) mixed media painting Djerba Israeli artist
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Directory: Fine Art: Mixed Media: Pre 1980: Item # 1440262
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A striking mixed media work, featuring the whitewashed architecture and Mediterranean light of the island of Djerba, Tunisia, highlighted by an electric blue paint, signed at lower center, dated 1979. There is also extensive writing in modern Hebrew. Measurements are 22" by 30 3/4" (27 3/4" by 36 1/2" in metal framing). The artist is YGAEL TUMARKIN (1933-2021), a well-known, prolific Israeli artist who works in sculpture and painting. Prices for his works have exceeded $25,000 at auction. Tumarkin was born in Dresden, Germany in the pre-war years, and was in Israel by age two. He studied at the Ein Hod art village, and was influenced strongly by the metal Surrealist sculpture of Julio Gonzalez. By the 1960's, Tumarkin was exhibiting at various Biennales. Perhaps his best known work is the large Holocaust and Revival memorial sculpture installed at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. The present piece seems to include thick chalky gouache or gesso, charcoal or graphite, and heavy paper in a collage technique. Note vintage framer's label from 40 years ago. Djerba is a Mediterranean island with a long multicultural history, off the southern coast of Tunisia, a renowned sunny tourist destination, its star dimmed in recent decades by a highly publicized tragic terrorist event in 2002 that resulted in the deaths of a large number of European tourists.