Noemi Smilansky Explained

Noemi Smilansky
Native Name:נעמי סמילנסקי
Native Name Lang:he
Other Names:Naomi Wellman, Noʻomi Smilansḳi, Naomi Smilanski, Naomi Smilansky
Birth Name:Noemi Wellman
Birth Date:December 22, 1916
Birth Place:Grand Duchy of Kraków, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Death Date:March 13, 2016
Death Place:Israel
Spouse:S. Yizhar
Children:3

Noemi Smilansky (; 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. They had three children, including .[5]

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

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, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem,[11] and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[12]

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Notes and References

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