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At Kings Gallery Jerusalem, we proudly present a rare landscape by the legendary Israeli artist Itzchak Tarkay. While Tarkay earned international acclaim for his portraits of elegant women, his landscapes offer a profound, meditative exploration of space and color. This specific work, an oil painting on wood, demonstrates his unique ability to translate the physical world into a dream-like, Post-Impressionist vision.
Tarkay, a graduate of both the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and the Avni Institute, creates a structured yet fluid topography in this piece. Furthermore, he abandons traditional realism in favor of a “color-block” methodology. The artist utilizes bold swaths of green, ochre, and teal to define the rolling hills, which creates a rhythmic movement across the wood surface.
Because Tarkay spent years as a master of serigraphy and printing, he possesses an instinctive grasp of color theory. Consequently, the vibrant hues in this landscape do not merely depict a scene; instead, they harmonize to create a sense of internal light. This focus on the “rhyme” and “affinity of forms” ensures that every element, from the slender cypresses to the distant structures, contributes to a cohesive visual narrative.
Post-Impressionist Influence
Critically, scholars often compare Tarkay’s work to the masters of French Post-Impressionism. One clearly sees the influence of Henri Matisse in the expressive use of flat color and Toulouse-Lautrec in the precise, yet minimalist drawing style. In this landscape, Tarkay strips away the chaos of the natural world to reveal a “peaceful movement” that defines his later career.
Moreover, the choice of oil on wood adds a tactile, grounded quality to the ethereal subject matter. This interplay between material and medium highlights Tarkay’s mastery over his tools, as he balances the rigidity of the wood with the fluidity of his brushstrokes.
Tarkay’s pieces now reside in major private collections and galleries worldwide, which underscores his enduring commercial and academic significance.Since Tarkay’s landscapes are far rarer than his café scenes, this work offers a unique opportunity to own a different dimension of his genius.
Our Gallery
We invite you to visit Kings Gallery Jerusalem to experience the quiet power of this masterpiece firsthand. Securing this work ensures the preservation of a masterpiece by one of the 20th century’s most beloved figurative pioneers.
Kings Gallery is a leading fine art gallery established in Jerusalem in 1995. We strive to collect and sell the highest quality historic and contemporary Israeli and International art. The gallery specializes primarily in artists from the early period of the 1920’s. Besides, Kings Gallery features leading up-and-coming young artists who will definitely be prominent names in the next few years.
