Gershon Iskowitz was a Canadian artist of Jewish background originally from Poland.
12 Facts About Gershon Iskowitz
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Gershon Iskowitz was born in Kielce, in the Second Polish Republic.
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Gershon Iskowitz's father was Shmiel Yankl, generally referred to as Jankel; his mother was Zisla Lewis.
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Gershon Iskowitz was the third of four children; he had two brothers, Itchen and Yosl, and a younger sister, Devorah.
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Gershon Iskowitz was tutored in Polish and placed in a public school.
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Gershon Iskowitz was accepted at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1939 and arranged to live with an uncle in the city, but a few days later, the German Army invaded the city and Iskowitz returned to Kielce.
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Gershon Iskowitz painted or drew at night only after every one else was asleep.
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Gershon Iskowitz had his first exhibition with the Canadian Society of Graphic Art in 1954, submitting two works for $300 CAD each.
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Gershon Iskowitz continued to regularly exhibited with the society for the next 9 years.
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In 1982 Gershon Iskowitz was honoured by the Art Gallery of Ontario with a 40-year retrospective of his work.
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Gershon Iskowitz was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
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On January 26,1988, Gershon Iskowitz died in Toronto, Ontario.