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Gershon Iskowitz finds art galleries competing for his work, but he refuses to make any changes in his life that might distract him from painting. [Incomplete]
Gershon Iskowitz finds art galleries competing for his work, but he refuses to make any changes in his life that might distract him from painting. [Incomplete]

Gershon Iskowitz finds art galleries competing for his work, but he refuses to make any changes in his life that might distract him from painting. [Incomplete]

Date2/21/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gershon Iskowitz finds art galleries competing for his work, but he refuses to make any changes in his life that might distract him from painting. [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0056795F
      Issie Sharp, chairman and president of Four Seasons Hotels, refuses to let work rule his life
      Issie Sharp, chairman and president of Four Seasons Hotels, refuses to let work rule his life
      Griffin, Doug
      7/10/1981
      Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
      Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
      Spremo, Boris
      1/24/1972
      Gershon Iskowitz, Toronto painter has set up tax-free prize for a professional Canadian artist who has achieved maturity and a measure of success, and who is still working in his or her field
      Gershon Iskowitz, Toronto painter has set up tax-free prize for a professional Canadian artist who has achieved maturity and a measure of success, and who is still working in his or her field
      Griffin, Doug
      2/21/1985
      Gershon Iskowitz, Toronto artist was known for his colorful abstract landscapes
      Gershon Iskowitz, Toronto artist was known for his colorful abstract landscapes
      Iskowitz, Gershon, 1921-1988
      1/18/1982
      For $125, you too can own a rainbow, Toronto artist Gershon Iskowitz shows off his latest creation, a painted umbrella - one of an edition of 200 that(...)
      For $125, you too can own a rainbow, Toronto artist Gershon Iskowitz shows off his latest creation, a painted umbrella - one of an edition of 200 that(...)
      Bock, Tony
      4/1/1986
      Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says
      Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says
      Bull, Ron
      12/18/1996
      Gershon Iskowitz
      Gershon Iskowitz
      Iskowitz, Gershon, 1921-1988
      n.d.
      Gershon Iskowitz
      Gershon Iskowitz
      Iskowitz, Gershon, 1921-1988
      n.d.
      Gershon Iskowitz is a father figure to young Spadina-area artists
      Gershon Iskowitz is a father figure to young Spadina-area artists
      Bezant, Graham
      10/10/1968
      Lee Majors: Women are obviously very much attracted to him but he refuses to be photographed with amy of them
      Lee Majors: Women are obviously very much attracted to him but he refuses to be photographed with amy of them
      Majors, Lee
      9/10/1979
      Ship Of Dreams: Toronto artist Harold Town uses his first major show of oil paintings in eight years (it's at the Waddington Galleries) to neatly skewer artistic pretensions
      Ship Of Dreams: Toronto artist Harold Town uses his first major show of oil paintings in eight years (it's at the Waddington Galleries) to neatly skewer artistic pretensions
      Goode, Jeff
      5/12/1981
      Smokescreen: Dressed in traditional style, beekeeper John Sproule demonstrates a smoker, a device he uses to distract the bees while he does his work
      Smokescreen: Dressed in traditional style, beekeeper John Sproule demonstrates a smoker, a device he uses to distract the bees while he does his work
      Calleja, Frank
      7/13/1981