Yona Fischer

Yona Fischer (Hebrew: יונה פישר; 20 November 1932 – 3 March 2022) was an Israeli art curator.

Yona Fischer
Born	(1932-11-20)20 November 1932 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Died	3 March 2022(2022-03-03) (aged 89) Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation	Art curator
Years active	1954–2022
Awards	Israel Prize

Biography

Fischer began his career in the 1960s at the Bezalel Museum. In 1965 at the opening of the Israel Museum he was appointed curator of Israeli and modern art, and later at the Ashdod Museum of Art. He introduced the works of prominent Israeli artists like Raffi Lavie and Moshe Kupferman.^[1] Fisher and Kupferman met in 1967. Kupferman's first major solo exhibition was curated by Fischer in 1969.^[2] Fischer was a recipient of the Israel Prize for design.^[1] Fischer died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 89.^[3]

References

1. Cohen, Richard I. (2012). Visualizing and Exhibiting Jewish Space and History. Oxford University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0199934249. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
2. "The Austere Artist". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
3. ""נוכחותו היתה הבסיס לסצינת האמנות". האוצר יונה פישר מת בגיל 89". Haaretz. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.