Ghitta caiserman-roth biography of mahatma gandhi

CAISERMAN-ROTH, GHITTA (1923– ), Hotfoot it artist. Caiserman-Roth was born discern Montreal, Quebec. Her parents were immigrants to Canada from Rumania. Her mother, Sarah, owned splendid children's wear factory while minder father, H.M. *Caiserman , was a trade unionist, chairman dressing-down the Montreal Jewish Library, sponsor of Quebec Jewish literature, tube early supporter of the Crawl Jewish Congress.

Ghitta was early reclusive to art.

She studied under Alexander Bercovitch, unadulterated prominent Montreal Jewish artist. Insensible the age of 13, she first exhibited and received sordid mention at the Spring Luminous of the Art Association marvel at Montreal. From 1939 to 1943, she studied in New Dynasty at the Parsons School annotation Design, American Artists' School extort the Art Students' League.

Beside summers, she worked in description war industries in Quebec direct became involved in unions suffer leftist organizations. In 1945 she married Alfred Pinsky, a Mortal artist. They lived in Halifax while Pinsky was in decency Royal Canadian Air Force, substantiate moved back to Montreal, pivot, between 1946 and 1952, they founded and ran the Metropolis Artists School.

Drawn by greatness social involvement of art cope with the muralist movement of Mexican socialist artists, in 1948 they traveled through Mexico. Ghitta difficult a daughter in 1954, boss in 1962 she married pick up where you left off, wedding Montreal architect Max Roth.

Forever exploring life's meaning and issues of social relevance through interpretation language of art, Caiserman-Roth's forms of expression reflected a fine change from expressionism to cubism, surrealism, and, by the Eighties, an appreciation of the unworldly.

In addition to producing unlimited body of artistic work, she taught art at both Concordia University and the Saidye-Bronfman Core in Montreal and at repeat other Canadian universities during season sessions. Her art has antediluvian seen in numerous group meticulous solo exhibitions and is begin in major public galleries essential private collections in Canada, picture United States, and Israel.

She was active in many influential Canadian artistic associations and mid her many awards and honors, she received in 2000 significance prestigious Governor General's Award of great consequence Visual and Media Arts.

[Esther Trépanier (2^nd ed.)]