Itzchak Tarkay

Tarkay was born in 1935 in subotica on the Yugoslav Hungarian border, as a nine -year-old boy Tarkay and his family were sent to mathausen Nazi concentration camp. A year later the war was over and he returned home to subotica, where he developed an interest in art. During his time at school he won a prize for excellence in painting. Then in 1949 he is family migrated to Israel and were sent to a transit camp …

…great painter and watercolourist he is also a master graphic artists and through the use of serigraphs is rich tapestry of born in colour is achieved by laying many colours over one another to create texture and transparency. Tarkay has since exhibited extensively both in Israel and abroad and his work can be found in many public and private collections. He is also considered one of the most influential artists of the early 21st century.