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Nicole and Chloe and Suzanne

There an amazing number of requests from commentary hungry for a little more art discussion... Here we have Nicole and Chloe painted by Itzhak Tarkay (I wonder if his real name was Sam Miller and he needed a little juice to sell paintings.. ) and yes I lied I had no commentary on my last foray into Art appreciation.

Okay..Here is what strikes me. How they are entwined together. Is that mean to be the bond that women have of the same age and proportion? Are they sisters and normally sit touching one another? Are they holding hands? I love the colours. I love the one in the orange with the low cleavage and low hanging bosom . Two things strike me as out of place... Two refined women with huge -"I will crush you if I have a whim to do so forearms" and second I can't figure out what that black purple cloak type thing is on the right of Chloe. But none the less a beautiful picture..

Here is a little about the artist.

Itzchak Tarkay was born in 1935 in Subotica on the Yugoslav-Hung- arian border. When he was only nine years old, Tarkay was sent to Mathausen concentration camp by the Nazis. After the war, he returned home and developed an interest in art. While still at school in Subotica, he won a prize for excellence in painting.
In 1949 he and his family immigrated to Israel and were sent to a transit camp for new arrivals at Beer Ya'akov. Their next two years were spent in a Kibbutz. In 1951, Tarkay received a scholarship to the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem, where he studied for a year before having to leave due to difficult financial circumstances at home. In order to continue his scholarship, he was allowed to study under the artist Schwartzman until his mobilization to the Israeli army. After returning to the familiar environment of Tel Aviv, Tarkay enrolled in the Avni Institute of Art, which he graduated in 1956. His teachers there were Mokady, Schtreichman, Janco and Stematsky

This second picture is called "Suzzanne" and it reminds me someone... hmmm

posted by hockeyman @ 8:20 PM