Tanya Wissotsky and Alexander Galtchansky were born in the same year, 1959, in Crimea (U.S.S.R.). Tanya Wissotzky lost her battle with cancer in November of 2006. She and Alexander had been living in Czechoslovakia for the last few years. Tanya was survived by her beloved husband, Alexander Galtchansky, who passed away in 2008. Their careers began in art school. Alexander studied in Dnepropetrovsk and Wissotsky in Simferopol. They continued their studies at the Kiev institute of the Arts; Wissotszky as a painter and Alexander as a book illustrator. After getting married, they emigrated to Israel. Having found themselves in a drastically different situation and place, they united their creative activities and began working together. They work in acrylic, pen and ink, and collagen specially prepared canvas. In their still lifes, one can see the excerpts of calligraphy from old English flower painting manuals as well as other calligraphic quotations that celebrate Paris in the Twenties. Their artwork has a nostalgia and romanticism of a past time. The work of Alexander and Wissotszky has received critical acclaim and success in both Israel and abroad and canbe found in public and private collections all over the world. They have had exhibitions at the Art Expo, New York, BLD New York, Galaxy Gallery in Gotenburg, Sweden, Geissing Design Institution in Hamburg, Germany, and are on permanent exhibition at the inyanei Ha'uma in Jerusalem. Tanya Wissotzky died of cancer in November of 2006.