Tarkay Itzchak
At the age of nine, Tarkay and his family were sent to the Mathausen Concentration Camp, until they were freed a year later. In 1949 his family emigrated to Israel and Tarkay soon received a scholarship to the Bezalel Art Academy. He graduated in 1956 from the Avni Institute of Art. Tarkay has achieved recognitin as a leading representative of a new generation of figurative artists. He is clearly inspired by French Impressionism and has exhibited both in Israel and abroad.