Siona Tagger (also spelled Sionah Tagger, he, ציונה תג'ר) (born August 17, 1900, died June 16, 1988) was an
Israeli painter, known for her paintings of the life in early 20th century
Land of Israel and the
Yishuv
Yishuv ( he, ישוב, literally "settlement"), Ha-Yishuv ( he, הישוב, ''the Yishuv''), or Ha-Yishuv Ha-Ivri ( he, הישוב העברי, ''the Hebrew Yishuv''), is the body of Jewish residents in the Land of Israel (corresponding to the ...
. In 1925, she became the first female member of the
Hebrew Artists Association, and is often considered "the most important female Israeli artist of the early decades of the 20th century."
Biography
Siona Tagger was born in
Jaffa to Shmuel and Sultana Tagger. She studied art at
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldes ...
, after which she moved to
Paris
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to continue her art studies. Her son,
Avraham Katz-Oz
Avraham Katz-Oz ( he, אברהם כ"ץ-עוז, born 7 December 1934) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1977 until 1996, and as Minister of Agriculture from 1988 until 1990.
Biography
Born in Tel Aviv duri ...
was a
Knesset Member
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and Israel's
Minister of Agriculture
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.
Artistic career
Tagger's paintings of the people and landscapes of
Eretz Yisrael
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in watercolors and oil were displayed in several museums and galleries. In the 1960s, she added a collection of stained glass of biblical themes.
In 1977, Tagger was named Yakir of the City of Tel Aviv-Yafo for her lifelong contribution to the arts in the city, and a street was named after her.
See also
*
Visual arts in Israel
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*Ziona Tagger's wok
Celebration at Jaffa sold for $43,700 a
Tiroche auction house January 30, 2010
References
External links
Siona Tagger – The first Israeli female painterSiona Tagger at the Hecht Museum
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1900 births
1988 deaths
Jewish Israeli artists
Jewish painters
Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent
Israeli women painters
Israeli portrait painters
20th-century Israeli women artists
Burials at Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery