Lot #18: Artist Signed {Sarah } Gersowitz "The Tour" Framed Litho 19"

Sara  Gersowitz 1920-2007

While working as a school teacher in the 1940s, Gersovitz enrolled in art classes at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and later studied printmaking with well-known Albert Dumouchel, Yves Gaucher as well as at the GRAFF workshop. Although her production included painting and later collage, she was recognized for printmaking incorporating various techniques ranging from woodblock, linocut to photoseriagraphy, etching and aquatint. Her work was described as highly personal and stylistically diverse. She became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy, serving on its national council and regularly participating in annual exhibitions. Gersovitz also exhibited in numerous national and international printmaking biennials. Her works are found in private and public collections throughout Canada. including the Musee nationale du Quebec and the National Gallery of Canada as well as major collections throughout the world. Over 300 prints were acquired by the Bibliotheque et Archive nationale du Quebec in 1996 covering three decades of her production. In addition to her prodigious output in the visual arts, Sarah Gersovitz wrote for theatre.Media usedCollagePaintingPrintmakingEducationMontreal Museum of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design (under Jacques de Tonnancourt (drawing), Gordon Webber (etching), Moe Reinblatt (etching))cole des arts appliqus, Montral (under Louis Parent (wood sculpture))MembershipsRoyal Canadian Academy of ArtsFile & Archive locationsArtexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation CentreArt Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and ArchivesLondon Art Gallery, ONMuse d'art contemporain de Montral, QC - Media CentreNational Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and ArchivesToronto Reference Library, ONUniversity of British Columbia - Fine Arts LibraryUniversity of Calgary Library, ABVancouver Art Gallery, BC - LibraryWinnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander LibraryCanadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC