Loti Smorgon

{{Short description|Australian philanthropist}} '''Loti Smorgon''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (née Kiffer; 1919 – 20 August 2013) was an Australian philanthropist. Along with her husband, Victor Smorgon, she donated an estimated $40 million in cash and artwork to the National Gallery of Victoria.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lowe |first1=Adrian |title=Loti Smorgon dies after lifetime of philanthropy |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/loti-smorgon-dies-after-lifetime-of-philanthropy-20130821-2s9yo.html |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=The Age |date=21 August 2013}}</ref>

Loti married Victor in 1937,<ref>{{cite news |date=1 April 1937 |title=Our Melbourne Page |volume=8 |page=10 |newspaper=The Westralian Judean |issue=92 |location=Western Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article261028331 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=24 May 2022}}</ref> and they were married for 73 years until his death in 2009. They were both made Officers of the Order of Australia in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours<ref>{{cite news |last=Freedman |first=Bernard |date=15 June 1990 |title=Smorgons top Jewish Birthday Honours |volume=56 |page=3 |newspaper=The Australian Jewish News |issue=36 |location=Victoria, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article261361618 |access-date=24 May 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> (Victor was later elevated to Companion)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-06-11 |title=Mr Victor Smorgon |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1134645 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=It's an Honour}}</ref> and were both featured on the Australian Legends series of postage stamps in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-01-25 |title=New stamps honour five philanthropists |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/new-stamps-honour-five-philanthropists-20080125-1o6n.html |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>

She was also the subject of a 1981 portrait by Andy Warhol. Titled ''Loti Smorgon'', it is in the National Gallery of Victoria.<ref>{{cite web |title=Loti Smorgon |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/112847/ |publisher=National Gallery of Victoria |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>

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