→ Gershon Iskowitz was a Polish-born Canadian Jewish artist who&#;s life and work showed remarkable resilience in the face of despair. During World War II, Iskowitz was interned in Nazi concentration camps for over two years; he was compelled to draw with whatever materials he could find in order to survive. He arrived in Toronto following his release, where he began a new life. Ihor Holubizky&#;s work Gershon Iskowitz: Life & Work is the source for Art Canada Institute&#;s January newsletter and is well worth a read.
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Gershon Iskowitz (–) was about to begin his studies at the Academy of Arts near Warsaw, Poland, when the Nazis invaded. He survived the Holocaust by drawing, as a means of psychological resilience, on scraps of paper that he found after bomb raids. Gershon Iskowitz: Life & Work traces the life of this incomparable artist, from his early days as a student in Poland to his captivity at Auschwitz and Buchenwald to his remarkable artistic trajectory in Canada.
In Iskowitz immigrated to Canada where he quickly established himself in his new country’s artistic scene. His first recorded exhibition was at the Canadian Society of Graphic Art annual show, held at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario). In the decades to come, Iskowitz would have many solo exhibitions, including a forty-year retrospective in
“For Gershon Iskowitz, his art and life were inseparable and we must try to understand his circumstances—the trauma of the Holocaust and the uncertainty of the immediate post-War period. His early figurative images are his world observed and remembered
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After a dozen years of working in relative obscurity, as a Holocaust survivor and émigré to Canada, Gershon Iskowitz forged a new vision of painting for himself. Beginning in the mids, his work received critical attention and was shown in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Numerous reviews and articles culminated in two major publications at the time of his Art Gallery of Ontario retrospective. Two rare interviews in and , plus the only two extant documentary films of Iskowitz, produced by art historian Peter Mellen in the early s, offer an intimate insight into Iskowitz’s thoughts. The earliest of these documentaries includes footage of Iskowitz in his Spadina Avenue neighbourhood and studio.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
September 14–28, Paintings by Gershon Iskowitz, The Hayter Gallery, Toronto.
March 4–28, Gershon Iskowitz, Here and Now Gallery, Toronto. Subsequent exhibition, September 15–October 2, , Iskowitz: New Paintings.
November 15–December 13, Pictures on View in Alumni Hall, Victoria College: Gershon Iskowitz, University of Toronto.
April 9–23, Gers
Gershon Iskowitz : Painter of Light
Freedman, Adele. Gershon Iskowitz : Painter of Light. Toronto, Ont.: Meritt Publishing Company; s.l.: Gallery Moos,
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In a monograph published to coincide with Iskowitz's retrospective exhibition, Freedman's text traces the artist's life-long artistic pursuit - from early childhood in Poland, to life at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, to the years since settling in Toronto in ; the artist's explorations of the Canadian landscape are highlighted.
Types: Monographs ; Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues All Contributors: Freedman, Adele (Author) Dossier: - ISKOWITZ, GERSHON Collation: p. : 67 ill. (59 col.) ; 29 x 25 cm ISBN: Language of Publication: English Publishers: Toronto, Ont.: Meritt Publishing Company; s.l.: Gallery Moos Artists: Iskowitz, Gershon Event Statement: Published on the occasion of a forty-year retrospective of Iskowitz's work organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) and intended for international tour. Deposited by: Users 1 not found. Date Deposited: 16 Mar Last Modified: 13 Apr URI: Edit this item (log
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