Eli Bornstein is known for his contributions to abstract art in Canada through his creation of three-dimensional artworks he called Structurist Reliefs.
13 Facts About Eli Bornstein
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Eli Bornstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 28,1922.
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Eli Bornstein enrolled in art courses while at Milwaukee State Teachers College in 1941.
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Eli Bornstein earned a bachelor of science in art in 1945.
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Eli Bornstein began teaching at the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Art in 1950, travelling between Saskatoon and Madison, Wisconsin where he was earning a master's degree in graphic techniques.
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In 1950 Eli Bornstein became head of the newly established Department of Fine Arts at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Eli Bornstein resigned from his position as head of the Fine Arts department in 1971.
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Eli Bornstein continued to teach art at the University of Saskatchewan until 1990, when he retired.
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Eli Bornstein began to make three-dimensional "structurist" reliefs during a sabbatical in Italy and the Netherlands in 1957.
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In 1960, Eli Bornstein founded The Structurist, a journal that appears annually or biannually with each edition devoted to a particular theme.
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Eli Bornstein is one of the most influential senior artists in the Canadian Prairies region.
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Eli Bornstein says that in color they have roots in Claude Monet and the impressionists, and in form they derive from the work of Paul Cezanne, Kazimir Malevich and cubism.
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Eli Bornstein has exhibited in solo and group shows in Canada, the United States and Europe.