Noemi Smilansky

Noemi Smilansky was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born Israeli painter, engraver, and illustrator. Her name is also spelled Naomi Smilanski, Noʻomi Smilanski, and Naomi Smilansky.

Biography

Noemi Smilansky was born as Noemi Wellman on December 22, 1916, in Grand Duchy of Kraków, Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1924 during her childhood, she immigrated to Mandatory Palestine. She married writer and politician, Yizhar Smilansky in 1942. They had three children, including.
Smilansky taught art classes at Ben Shemen Youth Village. 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. Her artwork can be found in the museum collections at the Museum of Modern Art, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the British Museum, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.