Siona Tagger

Siona Tagger
ציונה תג'ר
Born(1900-08-17)August 17, 1900
Jaffa, Israel
DiedJune 16, 1988(1988-06-16) (aged 87)
Tel Aviv, Israel
CitizenshipIsraeli
EducationYitzhak Frenkel and Joseph Constant's studio; Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
OccupationArtist

Siona Tagger (also spelled Sionah Tagger, Hebrew: ציונה תג'ר) (August 17, 1900–June 16, 1988) was an Israeli painter, known for her paintings of the life in early 20th century Land of Israel and the Yishuv.

The student of Isaac Frenkel and Joseph Constant; 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."[1]

  1. ^ Reinharz, Shulamit. "A Survey of the First Century of Jewish Women Artists: The Impact of Four Upheavals" (PDF). Brandeis University. Retrieved March 25, 2017.