Yona Fischer

Yona Fischer (Hebrew: יונה פישר) is an Israeli art curator 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 is a recipient of the Israel Prize for design.[1]

References

  1. Cohen, Richard I. (2012). Visualizing and Exhibiting Jewish Space and History. Oxford University Press. p. 201. ISBN 019993424X. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "The Austere Artist". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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