Noemi Smilansky
{{Short description|Austro-Hungarian Empire-born Israeli painter (1916–2016)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Noemi Smilansky
| image = Noemi Smilansky.jpg
| 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 ({{Langx|he|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,{{Cite web |last=Keller |first=Tsipi |date=June 2, 2007 |title="Preliminaries" by S. Yizhar |url=https://wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews/preliminaries-by-s-yizhar/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Words Without Borders |language=en}} Noʻomi Smilanski,{{Cite web |others=The Library of Congress |title=Smilansḳi, Noʻomi |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2004008651.html |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=LC Name Authority File (LCNAF)}} and Naomi Smilansky.{{Cite news |last=Rapoport |first=Meron |date=April 7, 2005 |title='Come On, Dad, We're Filming' |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2005-04-07/ty-article/come-on-dad-were-filming/0000017f-f0bf-d223-a97f-fdffa1a10000 |access-date=2023-06-24}}
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).{{Cite web |title=Naomi Smilansky |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG46481 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=British Museum}} She married writer and politician, Yizhar Smilansky (S. Yizhar) in 1942. They had three children, including {{Interlanguage link|Ze'ev Smilansky|qid=Q106674718}}.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-21 |title="כסף זה רק עוד הפרשה אנושית" {{!}} כלכליסט |trans-title="Money is just another human issue" |url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/style/article/bjzjuswuo |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=calcalist |language=he}}
Smilansky taught art classes at Ben Shemen Youth Village.{{Cite book |last=Balint |first=Benjamin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rdrDwAAQBAJ |title=Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy |date=2018-09-18 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=978-1-324-00132-4 |pages=9 |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=נעמי סמילנסקי in BillionGraves GPS Headstones |url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%99-%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99/23339431 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=BillionGraves}} Her artwork can be found in the museum collections at the Museum of Modern Art,{{Cite web |title=Noemi Smilansky |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/5477 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) |language=en}} Amon Carter Museum of American Art,{{Cite web |title=Noemi Smilansky |url=https://www.cartermuseum.org/artists/noemi-smilansky |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Amon Carter Museum of American Art |language=en}} Madison Museum of Contemporary Art,{{Cite web |title=Noemi Smilansky |url=https://www.mmoca.org/artist/noemi-smilansky |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Madison Museum of Contemporary Art |language=en-US}} the British Museum, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem,{{Cite web |title=מוזיאון ישראל מרכז מידע לאמנות ישראלית - עבודות: סמילנסקי, נעמי |trans-title=Naomi Smilansky in the museum collections |url=https://museum.imj.org.il/artcenter/newsite/he/gallery/?artist=%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99,%20%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%99&list= |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=museum.imj.org.il}} and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |title=Noemi Smilansky |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.5822.html |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=National Gallery of Art}}
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Category:Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to Mandatory Palestine
Category:Israeli women artists