Sam borenstein biography

          Sam Borenstein (15 January – 15 December ) was a....

          Sam Borenstein was a personality, a character, difficult and abrasive at times, uncompromisingly honest, and nowhere more so than in his art.

        1. Sam Borenstein was a Canadian painter.
        2. Sam Borenstein (15 January – 15 December ) was a.
        3. Born in Kalvarija, Lithuania, Samuel Borenstein was a painter, a draughtsman, a watercolourist and a sculptor.
        4. Sam Borenstein applied his exuberant style to images of Montreal slums, Laurentian villages, and portraits of his family and friends.

          5. Sam Borenstein

          Canadian artist (1908-1969)

          Sam Borenstein

          Born(1908-01-15)15 January 1908

          Kalvarija, Lithuania

          Died15 December 1969(1969-12-15) (aged 61)

          Montreal, PQ

          NationalityLithuanian-born Canadian
          SpouseJudith Aron (m.

          1938)

          Sam Borenstein (15 January 1908 – 15 December 1969)[1] was a Canadian painter. During his forty-year career he painted numerous scenes of Montreal and Laurentian villages and Quebec landscapes bustling with human activity, using brilliant colours and exuberant brushwork.

          Borenstein was best known for his expressionistic cityscapes and rural scenes, but also produced numerous portraits and still lifes.

          Career

          Born in Kalvarija, Lithuania, Russian Empire[2] in 1908, Borenstein immigrated to Canada in 1921, and moved to Montreal with his father and one of his sisters.

          He spent two years in Ottawa, then returned to Montreal, where he worked in the garment industry.[3] Although he ha