Mordechai Omer

Mordechai Omer

Mordechai Omer (Hebrew: מרדכי עומר‎; April 1941 - 10 June 2011) was an Israeli art historian and museum administrator who served as Director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[1]

He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA Art History, 1961), Columbia University (MA Art History, 1968) and the University of East Anglia (PhD, 1976) where his doctoral dissertation was on the biblical subjects of J M W Turner.[2] He worked at the Museum of Modern Art New York from 1968-72. He served as Director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art from 1995 until 2011. He was replaced by Suzanne Lindau.

References

  1. ↑ Fay, Greer. "Tel Aviv Museum head Mordechai Omer dead at 70 | JPost | Israel News". JPost. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  2. ↑ Ignacio Villarreal. "Director and Chief Curator of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Professor Mordechai Omer, Dies". Artdaily.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.


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