Noemi Smilansky
נעמי סמילנסקי
Born
Noemi Wellman

December 22, 1916
Grand Duchy of Kraków, Austro-Hungarian Empire
DiedMarch 13, 2016
Israel
Other namesNaomi Wellman, Noʻomi Smilansḳi, Naomi Smilanski, Naomi Smilansky
SpouseS. Yizhar
Children3

Noemi Smilansky (Hebrew: נעמי סמילנסקי; née Noemi Wellman; 1916 – 2016) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born Israeli painter, engraver, and illustrator. Her name is also spelled Naomi Smilanski,[1] Noʻomi Smilanski,[2] and Naomi Smilansky.[3]

Biography

Noemi Smilansky was born as Noemi Wellman on December 22, 1916, in Grand Duchy of Kraków (now Kraków), Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Poland). In 1924 during her childhood, she immigrated to Mandatory Palestine (now Israel).[4] She married writer and politician, Yizhar Smilansky (S. Yizhar) in 1942.[1] They had three children, including Ze'ev Smilansky.[5]

Smilansky taught art classes at Ben Shemen Youth Village.[6] One of her students was Eva Hoffe, the daughter of Esther Hoffe.[6]

She died on March 13, 2016, in Israel, and is buried at Gderot Regional Cemetery in Central District, Israel.[7] Her artwork can be found in the museum collections at the Museum of Modern Art,[8] Amon Carter Museum of American Art,[9] Madison Museum of Contemporary Art,[10] the British Museum,[4] the Israel Museum in Jerusalem,[11] and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Keller, Tsipi (June 2, 2007). ""Preliminaries" by S. Yizhar". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Smilansḳi, Noʻomi". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF). The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-06-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ Rapoport, Meron (April 7, 2005). "'Come On, Dad, We're Filming'". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  4. 1 2 "Naomi Smilansky". British Museum. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  5. ↑ ""כסף זה רק עוד הפרשה אנושית" | כלכליסט" ["Money is just another human issue"]. calcalist (in Hebrew). 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  6. 1 2 Balint, Benjamin (2018-09-18). Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-324-00132-4.
  7. ↑ "נעמי סמילנסקי in BillionGraves GPS Headstones". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  8. ↑ "Noemi Smilansky". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  9. ↑ "Noemi Smilansky". Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  10. ↑ "Noemi Smilansky". Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  11. ↑ "מוזיאון ישראל מרכז מידע לאמנות ישראלית - עבודות: סמילנסקי, נעמי" [Naomi Smilansky in the museum collections]. museum.imj.org.il. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Noemi Smilansky". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
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