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Painter, Water color painter

Siona Tagger (also spelled Sionah Tagger) (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. 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."

Siona Tagger was born in Jaffa to Shmuel and Sultana Tagger. She studied art at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, after which she moved to Paris to continue her art studies. Her son, Avraham Katz-Oz was a Knesset Member and Israel’s Minister of Agriculture.

Artistic career: Tagger's paintings of the people and landscapes of Eretz Yisrael 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.