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Iskowitz, Gershon (Canadian, 1920/21–1988)
A Toronto-based Polish émigré artist and Holocaust survivor who became internationally renowned for his vibrant abstract paintings, Iskowitz was imprisoned at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Second World War. His early figurative works document the horrors he witnessed in the concentration camps. In the late 1960s, inspired by the Canadian landscape, Iskowitz developed the distinctive style of abstract painting for which he is best known. See artwork by this artist.
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About the Author
Laura Brandon was the Historian, Art and War, at the Canadian War Museum from 1992 until 2015.
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