"Hatahana", a school for figurative drawing and painting, is unique among Tel Aviv's institutions of art. The school developed out of a desire to meet the increasing demand for a forum in which to learn drawing and painting in the great tradition of Western art, practically and purposefully, with a commitment to the highest standards of excellence. In the context of the more establishment institutions of art education, informed by fashionable, theoretical trends, on the one hand, and the unavoidably amateur mediocrity characteristic of various evening classes, on the other, "Hatahana" offers a study orientation that is focused and uncompromising.