Noemi Smilansky

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Noemi Smilansky
נעמי סמילנסקי
Born	Noemi Wellman December 22, 1916 Grand Duchy of Kraków, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	March 13, 2016 Israel
Other names	Naomi Wellman, Noʻomi Smilansḳi, Naomi Smilanski, Naomi Smilansky
Spouse	S. Yizhar
Children	3

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]

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 [Wikidata].^[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]

• List of Israeli women artists

• Media related to Noemi Smilansky at Wikimedia Commons