Igael Tumarkin
(Dresden, Germany, 1933 - )
Israeli, born Germany
Immigrated 1935. Studies: 1954 with Rudi Lehman, Ein Hod. Prizes: 1963 First Prize for Memoria of "Choulikat";1968 Sandberg Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem; 1968 First Prize for Memorial to Sailors, Haifa; 1971 First Prize for Memorial for "Holocaust and Resurrection", Tel Aviv; 1998 Awarded the Sussman Prize, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, but cancelled, subsequently the Sussman Foundation awarded the prize directly to Tumarkin. 1955-57 Worked as stage-designer for the “Berliner Ensemble” with Bertholdt Brecht.
In May 2004, after much controversy, Mr. Tumarkin was awarded the coveted Israel Prize, the country's highest artistic honor.