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Gershon Iskowitz Born in Kielce, Poland, 1921 – 1988 Canadian - Polish artist Gershon Iskowitz had lead an extrordinary life. His abilities as an artist became apparent at an early age and he later planned to study at the Academy of Fine Arts when Poland was invaded by Germany. Iskowitz managed to survive four torturous years in concentration camps. After the war he studied painting with Oskar Kokoschka and immigrated to Toronto in 1949. His work saw many transformations - from European landscape tradition to looser renderings of the countryside to more intense use of color, texture and transparency. “My paintings are not abstract. They’re real. They’re very, very much real. I see those things.” Iskowitz’s career as an exhibiting artist has been highly distinguished. His works have been shown across Canada, the United States and Europe including the then famous Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City (1977), he represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in 1972 and he had a solo exhibition at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary (1975). His work is a part of numerous collections including The National Gallery of Canada, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada Council for the Arts, the Tel-Aviv Museum and the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art in Florida. After his death in 1988, his foundation established the Gershon Iskowitz prize totalling $25,000. The award is given to artists in recognition of their achievements as well as support to innovative projects for exhibition and publication. Text copied directly from: http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/ Exhibitions.asp?gid=793&cid=100673 |
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| Gershon Iskowitz was born in Poland,1921 and immigtrated to Toronto in 1949. He is a celebrated Canadian artist. |
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| La Parete Gallery – Fine Art Gallery - Toronto - Canada La Parete Gallery is recognized for its selection of Fine Art: Canadian Art - Native Art - Inuit Art - First Nations Art - International Art |
| Artists: Antonio, Ann Beam, Carl Beam, Molly Lamb Bobak, David Bolduc, Miller Brittain, Christopher Broadhurst, Frank Leonard Brooks, Israel Broytman, A.J. Casson, Benjamin Chee Chee, Antonio Cardarelli, J. Cardinal-Schubert, Jack Chambers, Konrad Cramer, Eegyvudluk, Dorothy Francis, Pal Fried, Joachim Gauthier, Richard Gorman, Giovanni Guarlotti, Tom Hodgson, Gershon Iskowitz, Lee L'Clerc, Maud Lewis, Kenneth Lochhead, René Marcil, Norval Morrisseau, Robert Natkin, Louis de Niverville, Anna Noéh, William Ogilvie, Frère Jérôme Paradis, William Ronald, Rolph Scarlett, Gerald Scott, P.C. Sheppard, Roland Strasser, Harold Town |
