Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV)
1040 Moss Street
Victoria, BC V8V 4P1
Canada
Victoria, BC V8V 4P1
Canada
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1921 Kielce, Poland - 1988 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Expressionist landscape and non objective painting, graphics.
Gershon Iskowitz was a painter and graphic artist. He was born in Kielce, Poland. During the Nazi occupation he was interned in the Kielce ghetto, and the concentration camps Auschwitz and... Read full biography
Gershon Iskowitz was a painter and graphic artist. He was born in Kielce, Poland. During the Nazi occupation he was interned in the Kielce ghetto, and the concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald. After the war he was hospitalized in Munich, Germany, where he resided for the next four years... Read full biography
Gershon Iskowitz was a painter and graphic artist. He was born in Kielce, Poland. During the Nazi occupation he was interned in the Kielce ghetto, and the concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald. After the war he was hospitalized in Munich, Germany, where he resided for the next four years (1945 -1949). He emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1949 where he lived for the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, acrylic, watercolour, gouache, ink, colour serigraph and mixed... Read full biography
Gershon Iskowitz was a painter and graphic artist. He was born in Kielce, Poland. During the Nazi occupation he was interned in the Kielce ghetto, and the concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald. After the war he was hospitalized in Munich, Germany, where he resided for the next four years (1945 -1949). He emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1949 where he lived for the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, acrylic, watercolour, gouache, ink, colour serigraph and mixed mediums. His early subjects include war, concentration camp life, figures, social commentary, genre, landscape and portraits. The stated subjects of his mature works are landscapes; though to an uninformed viewer they are so abstract that the subjects... Read full biography
Gershon Iskowitz was a painter and graphic artist. He was born in Kielce, Poland. During the Nazi occupation he was interned in the Kielce ghetto, and the concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald. After the war he was hospitalized in Munich, Germany, where he resided for the next four years (1945 -1949). He emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1949 where he lived for the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, acrylic, watercolour, gouache, ink, colour serigraph and mixed mediums. His early subjects include war, concentration camp life, figures, social commentary, genre, landscape and portraits. The stated subjects of his mature works are landscapes; though to an uninformed viewer they are so abstract that the subjects appear, at first, to be only colour, shape and texture. According to Iskowitz they depict... Read full biography
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About Gershon Iskowitz: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsArt Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West
Hamilton, ON L8P 4S8
CanadaKitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
101 Queen Street North
Kitchener, ON N2H6P7
CanadaMarianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum
8888 University Drive West
Burnaby, BC BC V5A 1S6
CanadaMontreal Museum of Fine Arts
1379-1380 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC H3G 1J5
CanadaMuseum London/London Regional Art Museum
421 Ridout Street North
London, ON N6A5H4
CanadaMuseum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
1 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1807National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, ON K1N 9N4
Canada