DESCRIPTION : Here for sale is a EXTENSIVELY illustrated and
photographed REFERENCE BOOK regarding the works of art of YIGAL ( Yigael ) TUMARKIN , One of the leading artists in PLASTIC JEWISH - ERETZ ISRAELI ART .
The EXQUISITE ARTISTIC ALBUM book "Tumarkin by Tumarkin 1957-1970 " was published in a most luxurious edition in 1970. Written in English and Hebrew. With literaly HUNDREDS of photos and illustrations
regarding the MODERN ERETZ ISRAELI ART of TUMARKIN in
ERETZ ISRAEL. It provides a throrough study of TUMARKIN 's JEWISH - ERETZ ISRAELI ART . The LARGE book was published over 40 years ago. Written in HEBREW & English . NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS and
PHOTOS . The giant book SIZE is around 14" x 9.5"
. Oblong. Throughout illustrated . 150 pp. Original cloth ( Canvas ) HC . Gilt embossed headings. Very good condition. (
Please look at scan for actual AS IS images ) Book will be sent in a special protective rigid sealed
package.
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SHIPPMENT : SHIPP worldwide via registered airmail is $ 29. Book will be sent inside a protective packaging .Handling around 5-10 days after payment.
Yigal Tumarkin (Hebrew: יגאל תומרקין) (also Igael Tumarkin) (born 1933) is an Israeli painter and sculptor.[1] Peter Martin Gregor Heinrich Hellberg (later Yigal Tumarkin) was born in Dresden, Germany. His father, Martin Hellberg, was a German theater actor and director. His mother, Berta Gurevitch and his stepfather, Herzl Tumarkin, immigrated to Mandate Palestine when he was two.[2] Tumarkin served in the Israeli Navy. After completing his military service, he studied sculpture in Ein Hod, a village of artists near Mount Carmel. His youngest son is actor Yon Tumarkin.[3][4]Among Tumarkin's best known works are the Holocaust memorial in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv and his sculptures commemorating fallen soldiers in the Negev.[5] Tumarkin is also a theoretician and stage designer. In the 1950s, Tumarkin worked 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.[6][7][8] TUMARKIN, IGAEL (1933– ), sculptor and painter. Tumarkin was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of Berta Gurevitch and Martin Hellberg, a German theater actor and director. His mother and his stepfather, Herzl Tumarkin, raised Tumarkin in Israel from the age of two. In 1955–57, after his service in the navy, Tumarkin traveled to Europe. In East Berlin he met his father and worked as a set designer for Bertolt Brecht's Berliner Ensemble. The sculptors Rudy Lehman and Itzhak *Danziger influenced his turn to the medium of sculpture, and his first iron sculptures appeared in the summer of 1956. The landscape of the desert also inspired him. Tumarkin created reliefs made from sand using a unique spraying method. Through the 1960s Tumarkin turned to assemblage techniques and his sculptures were created from the junk of Israeli ships, weapons, and machines. Over time the weapons became integrated into figurative sculptures of males and females made from casts taken from show window mannequins (He Walked in the Fields, 1967, Tel Aviv Museum of Art). Tumarkin's visits to New York in the mid-1970s influenced the composition of his sculptures. They became horizontal as counterpoints to the skyward orientation of modern architecture. The use of glass reflecting the environment was also based on the urban landscape. In 1974–75 he completed his monument dedicated to the Holocaust and renewal in Tel Aviv. With his interest in earth architecture he traveled to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, and elsewhere. The works created under the inspiration of these trips were made of iron, earth, and fabric. The subject matter dealt with nature, religion, sacrifices, and the connection among them (Bedouin Crucifixion, 1982, Israel Museum, Jerusalem). Iron became Tumarkin's main material, and from the 1990s he improved his technique, shaping the iron by himself at a temperature of 1200 degrees using heavy tools in a process that required the utmost concentration. Tumarkin's sculptures were placed all over the world and he gained international recognition. In Israel he was one of the dominant figures in modern Israeli art. A feature of his art is its connection to the history of the country. Israeli ideals, wars, and the social situation were all part of his artistic content. The fact that his art involved controversial political statements created enormous objection to his being awarded the Israel Prize in 2004. Born in Dresden, Germany, in 1933. Immigrated at the age of two, with his mother, who married Herzl Tumarkin. He was raised in Tel Aviv and Bat Yam. In 1954 he studied with Rudi Lehman, in Ein Hod. In 1955 went to Berlin to work as a scenographer for Bertolt Brecht and the Berliner Ensemble. In 1956 returned to Israel and created his first iron sculpture, inspired by Dantziger: two owls sitting atop each other. In the following years started creating sculptures from different scraps and iron, which he defines "Absurd creations - archeology in present time." In 1961 went to the Negev region and built models of landscape sculptures. In 1962 traveled to Japan and the US to study Japanese painting techniques. A year later returned to Israel and created his Dessert sculptures in Arad and Dimona. He then began sculpting using weapons and their different parts (like his famous Hu Halach Basadot - He Walked the Fields, from 1967). He also created several notable monuments such as the PeaceMonument in Lod, constructed from tank parts, and the famous Holocaust Memorial in Rabin Square. In 2004 he received the prestigious Pras Yisrael (Israel Prize) for art. ebay1209 /23