{"title":"Gershon Iskowitz: Retrospective","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCaviar20 is pleased to present a retrospective of Gershon Iskowitz’s work, tracing the remarkable evolution of his artistic vision from the 1950s until his death in 1988. The show will include artwork from each important period of production, including drawings, watercolors, paintings, and prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/IskowitzRetrospective_PressRelease_Caviar20_2026.pdf?v=1791299878\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRead the full exhibition text here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOn view at 647 Dupont St. from\u003cbr\u003eOctober 22 – November 28, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-primary-unity-watercolor-1977","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"PRIMARY UNITY\" WATERCOLOR, 1977","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is somewhat hard to reconcile Gershon Iskowitz's (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave yeshiva (Jewish seminary) in order to study art, including a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe outbreak of the second world war forced him to return to his hometown where shortly after he was conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\" title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis confident watercolor was realized in various primary colors including canary yellow, cinnabar red, aqua and navy blue. It is a perfect example of Iskowitz's iconic style and his celebration of pure, joyful primary colors. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e or call +1.416.704.1720\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProvenance: Gallery Moos, Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUntitled (\"Primary Unity\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned and dated 77 by the artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWatercolor on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCanada, 1977\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17\"H 22\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20.5\"H 25.5\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFramed with museum glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNote: the price is $5,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41917026140396,"sku":"01-22x12-25","price":5500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/products\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Watercolor-D-1977_icon_dde62d1e-2c23-4075-96bd-7fdefa3143a0.jpg?v=1635096527"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-prelude-5-1968","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"PRELUDE #5\", 1968","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt is hard to reconcile Gershon Iskowitz's (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently and later a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was shortly after conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation and joined the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and approach. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis vibrant yet delicate oil painting on canvas is a perfect example of Iskowitz's iconic style. Created in 1968 it is from the key debut period of the artist's life. Institutions and collectors prioritize Iskowitz's work from the late 60's and early 70's as his best. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA signature element from this era is the cloud-like formations of color that appear to float or blend realized in rich pastels and jewel-like tones of tangerine, lemon mist, aubergine, aqua, and touches of jade green. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe entire surface of the painting is taken over by these swelling elements of color, a true celebration of the medium. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aci-iac.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Art-Canada-Institute_Gershon-Iskowitz.pdf\" title=\"Gershon Iskowitz Canada Art Institute\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTo learn more about Gershon Iskowitz we recommend the Art Canada Institute's online book on the artist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e or call +1.416.704.1720\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Prelude #5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCanada, 1968\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSigned and titled by the artist verso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e30.25\" 22.25\"H (canvas)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eExhibition history: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz, New Paintings, Gallery Moos, Toronto, 28 Jan - 10 Feb 1969\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42239569363180,"sku":"01-22","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/products\/Caviar20_Iskowitz_icon_aff98c5d-e68e-46df-b20d-0b08016884ae.jpg?v=1640735234"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-emerald-groove-watercolor-1977","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"EMERALD GROOVE\" WATERCOLOR, 1977","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is somewhat hard to reconcile \u003ca title=\"Toronto art gallery collection featuring iconic Canadian artist Gershon Iskowitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e's (1921-1988) joyful aesthetic with his personal history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave yeshiva (a Jewish seminary) in order to study art, including a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe outbreak of the second world war forced him to return to his hometown where shortly after he was conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in the hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis work is a paradigm of Iskowitz's watercolors from 1977. It joyfully presents large merging forms of his favorite colors of the era; emerald, spring green, lemon yellow, and plum. The entire surface is nearly taken over by these swelling bursts of color, a true celebration of color and medium. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\" data-mce-href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e or call \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"tel:4167041720\" data-mce-href=\"tel:4167041720\"\u003e+1.416.704.1720\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Visit our Toronto gallery on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Caviar20 Toronto art gallery contact information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThursdays or by appointment\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Untitled\" (\"Emerald Groove\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCanada, 1977\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWatercolor \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned and dated by artist, lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz Foundation Inventory Number C-193, verso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17\"H 21.5\"W (work)\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43901568975084,"sku":"07-23","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Emerald-Groove-Watercolour-1977_icon_8186bda3-6894-4b48-82db-20833a620e56.jpg?v=1692038540"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-marigold-joy-1988","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"MARIGOLD JOY\" 1987","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003ca title=\"GERSHON ISKOWITZ PAINTING 1988 CAVIAR20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently; and later, briefly at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor after his arrival. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to \u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon liberation Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950's he incorporated representation into his art. By the early 1960's he had established a modest local reputation as an artist and joined the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz's survived the darkest side of humanity and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebuilt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a life dedicated to creating beautiful art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis acrylic painting is a perfect example of Iskowitz's late style. Painted circa 1987, it demonstrates how Iskowitz expanded his palette during his final decade. He embraced colors that had an almost childlike intensity and joy. Instead of referencing nature, such as cloudy whites, tomato reds and ocean blues, here Iskowitz embraces hyper pastels that invoke creativity and candy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also worth mentioning Iskowitz's commitment to supporting future generations of Canadian artists. After his blockbuster retrospective at the AGO in 1982, Iskowitz established an eponymous foundation that would give out an annual grant to a contemporary artist. \u003ca title=\"Gershon Iskowitz Prize\" href=\"https:\/\/iskowitzfoundation.ca\/prize\/\"\u003eClick here to learn about the Gershon Iskowitz Prize.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e or call +1.416.704.1720\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Untitled\" (Marigold Joy) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanada, circa 1987\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz Foundation stamp and inscribed \"B252\" along with AGO label \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e37.75\"H 32.75\"W (canvas) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e39\"H 34\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGershon Iskowitz Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLiterature: \u003ca title=\"Gershon Iskowitz ACI\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aci-iac.ca\/art-books\/gershon-iskowitz\/key-works\/not-titled\/\"\u003eIhor Holubizky, Gershon Iskowitz: Life \u0026amp; Work, Art Canada Institute, 2019, reproduced page 54 and 143\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $21,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924708155628,"sku":"11-24","price":21500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20-Gershon-Iskowitz-Marigold-Joy_fulledge.jpg?v=1732230655"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-red-blue-watercolor-1978","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"RED-BLUE\" WATERCOLOR, 1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is somewhat hard to reconcile \u003ca title=\"Toronto art gallery collection featuring iconic Canadian artist Gershon Iskowitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e's (1921-1988) joyful aesthetic with his personal history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave yeshiva (a Jewish seminary) in order to study art, including a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe outbreak of the second world war forced him to return to his hometown where shortly after he was conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in the hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art with an emphasis on landscape. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween 1967 and 1976, Iskowitz would receive six Canada Council grants for his work, becoming one of the era's leading abstract artists. He represented Canada at the Venice Biennial in 1972. A retrospective of his work was held in 1984 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO, travelling across Canada as well as to Canada House in London, England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is a paradigm of Iskowitz's watercolors from the late 1970s. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade by dropping color onto dampened paper, Iskowitz's watercolours offer distinctive colourful clusters that vibrate across the page. Iskowitz was measured in his process so that each chromatic patch came across clearly, not muddied with one another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \"Red Blue,\" Iskowitz uses a starbursts of aquamarine blue, yellow with red on top, and a deep purple to create a thoughtful arrangement of color, shape, and process:\u003c\/span\u003e a true celebration of color and medium. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e call \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"tel:4167041720\"\u003e+1.416.704.1720,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Caviar20 Toronto art gallery contact information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Untitled\" (\"Red-Blue\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1978\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolor \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist in pencil, lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13\"H 22\"W (sheet)\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17\"H 26\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed with museum glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe price is $4,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46811943796972,"sku":"09-25","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Red-Blue-Watercolour_01.jpg?v=1757625897"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-midnight-painting-1955","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"MIDNIGHT\" PAINTING, 1955","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"GERSHON ISKOWITZ PAINTING 1988 CAVIAR20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHe survived the darkest side of humanity and built a life dedicated to creating beautiful art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor, then transferred to \u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e in 1944, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months recuperating in the hospital. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich before immigrating to Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Midnight\" is an important painting that demonstrates Iskowitz's transition from figurative painting to abstraction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAround 1950, Iskowitz arrived in Toronto. He was initially disappointed by Toronto's modest art scene and did not respond to the Group of Seven. However, he gradually became interested in the Canadian landscape, sketching in Uxbridge, Muskoka, and beyond. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1954, Iskowitz began spending time in McKellar, which was north of Parry Sound in central Ontario. Artists and amateurs would frequent the town's lodge to enjoy the landscape and the two nearby lakes. This setting proved to be an important escape from the city and a place of productivity and inspiration, even during the winter months. Between 1954 and 1957, Iskowitz spent significant time around Parry Sound. This is a significant period as Iskowitz slowly builds a body of work and local reputation in advance of his first solo exhibit in Toronto in 1960. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Midnight\" is one of the most accomplished and exhibited paintings from this seminal early period. It was included in Iskowitz's travelling retrospective \"Painter of Light,\" which started at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1982 and went to the Gallery of Windsor, Museum London, Glenbow Museum (Calgary) and finally to Canada House (London, UK).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting is also fully illustrated in Adele Feedman's essential \"Gershon Iskowitz: Painter of Light\" book on pg. 41. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote: You might notice the odd spelling of the artist's signature here: Ickowicz. As Jews immigrated to English-speaking countries from Eastern Europe, many were either forced or chose to anglicize their difficult or \"ethnic\" last names. For nearly a decade, Iskowitz did not alter his family name, but in the late 1950's he adjusted the English spelling from Ickowits to Iskowitz in order to be phonetically accurate to the Polish pronunciaton. Let us know if you would like more information about Iskowitz's family background and origins. A special thank-you to legendary Iskowitz scholar Ihor Holubizky for sharing this information and assessing the painting. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca title=\"Gershon Iskowitz Canada Art Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aci-iac.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Art-Canada-Institute_Gershon-Iskowitz.pdf\"\u003eTo learn more about Gershon Iskowitz we recommend the Art Canada Institute's online book on the artist. \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:info@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evisit our Toronto gallery\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Midnight\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCanada, 1955\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSigned and dated on lower right face\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTitled on verso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePartial labels verso (Gallery Moos \u0026amp; London Regional Art Gallery)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOil on board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e22.5\"H 25\"W \u003c\/span\u003e(panel)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e29\"H 32.5\"W (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46811975516396,"sku":"09-25","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Midnight_01.jpg?v=1757792736"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-indigo-watercolor-1968","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"INDIGO\" WATERCOLOR, 1968","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"GERSHON ISKOWITZ PAINTING 1988 CAVIAR20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. He survived the darkest side of humanity and built a life dedicated to creating beautiful art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently. The outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor, then transferred to \u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e in 1944, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months recuperating in the hospital. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich before immigrating to Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. The legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and material and approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIskowitz embraced watercolors during two distinct chapters of his career; in 1968-69 as his career gained significant momentum and about a decade later, during 1977-78, as a major monograph of his work was being published and a touring retrospective began. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade by dropping paint onto dampened paper, his watercolours offer floating blips and colourful clusters that vibrate across the page. Iskowitz was measured in his process so that each chromatic patch came across clearly, not muddied with one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, Iskowitz applies complimentary shades of indigo, green, and marigold--one of his favorite colors of the era. The result is a thoughtful cacophony of colour, shape, and process. Despite its fullness, the composition is quite meditative and soothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz received six Canada Council grants for his work, establishing him as a Canadian painter in his own right. He represented Canada at the Venice Biennial in 1972. A retrospective of his work was held in 1984 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO, travelling through Canada as well as to Canada House in London, England. His work remains in the permanent collections of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ago.ca\/agoinsider\/mystery-gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eAGO\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/collection\/artist\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eNational Gallery of Canada,\u003c\/a\u003e among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or call \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"tel:4167041720\"\u003e+1.416.704.1720\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVisit our Toronto gallery on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Caviar20 Toronto art gallery contact information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThursdays or by appointment\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntitled (Indigo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1977\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist, lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.5\"H 18.5\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30.25\"H 24.25\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed with Museum Glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47211872354540,"sku":"01-26","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_GershonIskowitz_unframed__01.jpg?v=1768332433"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-parry-sound-variation-22-watercolor-1965","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"PARRY SOUND VARIATION 22\" WATERCOLOR, 1965","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"GERSHON ISKOWITZ PAINTING 1988 CAVIAR20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. He survived the darkest side of humanity and built a life dedicated to creating beautiful art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently. The outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor, then transferred to \u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e in 1944, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months recuperating in the hospital. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich before immigrating to Canada around 1950.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon his arrival in Toronto, Iskowitz was initially disappointed by Toronto's modest art scene and did not respond to the Group of Seven. However, he gradually became interested in the Canadian landscape, sketching in Uxbridge, Muskoka, and beyond. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBetween 1954 and 1957, Iskowitz spent much time around Parry Sound. This is a significant period during which he slowly built a body of work and local reputation in advance of his first solo exhibit in Toronto in 1960.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIskowitz embraced watercolors during two distinct chapters of his career; in 1968-69 as his career gained significant momentum and about a decade later, during 1977-78, as a major monograph of his work was being published and a touring retrospective began.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade by dropping paint onto dampened paper, his watercolours offer floating blips and colourful clusters that vibrate across the page. Despite its delicate palette, this work is full of depth. Through a curious and intentional application of pigment, Iskowitz offers a meditative natural scene, evocative of the serenity of Ontario's countryside. This work is a paradigm of Iskowitz's early watercolors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz received six Canada Council grants for his work, establishing him as a Canadian painter in his own right. He represented Canada at the Venice Biennial in 1972. A retrospective of his work was held in 1984 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO, travelling through Canada as well as to Canada House in London, England. His work remains in the permanent collections of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ago.ca\/agoinsider\/mystery-gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eAGO\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/collection\/artist\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eNational Gallery of Canada,\u003c\/a\u003e among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParry Sound Variations: XXII\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1965\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist in pencil, lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25\"H 19\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26.5\"H 20.75\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Gallery Moos, Toronto | Private Collection, Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $7,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: Framed images coming soon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47305288450284,"sku":"02-26","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Parry-Sound-Varriation-22_01_d23cdc25-381b-4caf-a3ed-08bf681b12f7.jpg?v=1774627861"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-blue-mauve-c-1980","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"BLUE MAUVE-C\" 1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"GERSHON ISKOWITZ PAINTING 1988 CAVIAR20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. As a Holocaust survivor, he experienced the darkest side of humanity yet built a life dedicated to creating art and beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently. The outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor, then transferred to \u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e in 1944, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months recuperating in the hospital. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich before immigrating to Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60s he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. The legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and material and approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferencing nature, Iskowitz's abstract composition depicts the dynamic exchange of color and light. Deconstructed trees and skies morph together in a delightful blue, dotted with purple, pink, yellow, and green shapes. Unclear whether the viewer is looking up at the sky through trees, or down through the clouds at the forrest, this painting is a perfect example of Iskowitz's ability to distill the natural world into cleverly abstracted compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also worth mentioning Iskowitz's commitment to supporting future generations of Canadian artists. After his blockbuster retrospective at the AGO in 1982, Iskowitz established an eponymous foundation that would give out an annual grant to a contemporary artist. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/iskowitzfoundation.ca\/prize\/\" title=\"Gershon Iskowitz Prize\"\u003eClick here to learn about the Gershon Iskowitz Prize.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003eContact us,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecall +1.416.704.1720, or visit our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tbz8zgjjkz7m1km8-742712.shopifypreview.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003eToronto gallery\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Blue Mauve-C\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanada, 1980\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e38\"H 33\"W (work) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e39.25\"H 34.25\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $60,000 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47635102728428,"sku":"05-26","price":60000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Blue-Painting_01_378ce801-a6b1-47c3-8bfc-c6acbf785f35.jpg?v=1792250606"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-northern-lights-8-1984","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"NORTHERN LIGHTS #8\" 1984","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"GERSHON ISKOWITZ PAINTING 1988 CAVIAR20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. As a Holocaust survivor, he experienced the darkest side of humanity yet built a life dedicated to creating art and beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently. The outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor, then transferred to \u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e in 1944, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months recuperating in the hospital. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich before immigrating to Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60s he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. The legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and material and approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting is from a group of 22 works that Iskowitz produced between 1984-85, titled \u003cem\u003eNorthern Lights\u003c\/em\u003e. The paintings have similar compositions, with ovoid blips depicted punctuating an oscillating monotonous substrate. Referencing nature, the composition depicts the dynamic exchange of color and light. This painting is a perfect example of Iskowitz's ability to distill the natural world into cleverly abstracted compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also worth mentioning Iskowitz's commitment to supporting future generations of Canadian artists. After his blockbuster retrospective at the AGO in 1982, Iskowitz established an eponymous foundation that would give out an annual grant to a contemporary artist. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/iskowitzfoundation.ca\/prize\/\" title=\"Gershon Iskowitz Prize\"\u003eClick here to learn about the Gershon Iskowitz Prize.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003eContact us,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecall +1.416.704.1720, or visit our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tbz8zgjjkz7m1km8-742712.shopifypreview.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003eToronto gallery\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Northern Lights #8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanada, 1984\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned, dated, and titled, verso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e33.5\"H 38\"W (work) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e34\"H 38.5\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Gallery Moos; Galerie Samuel Lallouz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $29,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47765528215788,"sku":"06-26","price":29500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Northern-Lights-_8-1984_01.jpg?v=1781904635"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-western-sphere-watercolor-1969","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"WESTERN SPHERE\" WATERCOLOR, 1969","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\" title=\"GERSHON ISKOWITZ PAINTING 1988 CAVIAR20\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. He survived the darkest side of humanity and built a life dedicated to creating beautiful art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently. The outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor, then transferred to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\" title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e in 1944, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months recuperating in the hospital. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich before immigrating to Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. The legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and material and approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIskowitz embraced watercolors during two distinct chapters of his career; in 1968-69 as his career gained significant momentum and about a decade later, during 1977-78, as a major monograph of his work was being published and a touring retrospective began. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade by dropping paint onto dampened paper, his watercolours offer floating blips and colourful clusters that vibrate across the page. Iskowitz was measured in his process so that each chromatic patch came across clearly, not muddied with one another. The result is a thoughtful application of colour, shape, and process. Despite its fullness. This composition is quite meditative and soothing, the subtleties working in tandem to create a balanced presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz received six Canada Council grants for his work, establishing him as a Canadian painter in his own right. He represented Canada at the Venice Biennial in 1972. A retrospective of his work was held in 1984 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO, travelling through Canada as well as to Canada House in London, England. His work remains in the permanent collections of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ago.ca\/agoinsider\/mystery-gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eAGO\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/collection\/artist\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eNational Gallery of Canada,\u003c\/a\u003e among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWestern Sphere #14\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1969\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist, lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21\"H 27\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28.5\"H 34\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Gallery Moos, Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $6,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957420310764,"sku":"07-26","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Geshon-Iskowitz-Western-spehere-14-1969_01.jpg?v=1784550854"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-summer-song-1966","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"SUMMER SONG\" 1966","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaviar20 is excited to be offering this important and large-scale canvas, from the first chapter of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's (1919-1988)\u003c\/a\u003e lifelong career in abstraction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor most of the 1950s, Iskowitz incorporated representation into his art. By the 60s he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. The legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of Churchill, Manitoba. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic, material and approach. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile suggestive of an aerial landscape, \"Summer Song\" was actually created a year before the seminal helicopter trip. This canvas is part of a series of simplified paintings that emerged during a dramatic shift, just before the voyage. This was a pivotal moment in Iskowitz's career, when his mature abstract language was coming into focus. In the same year, Gallery Moos represented an important exhibition of his work, accompanied by a catalogue text from Harry Malcolmson that affirmed the artist's growing stature within Canadian abstraction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaintaining a connection to nature, Iskowitz applies bushels of denim blue and bright red, accented by jade green and marigold (a later favourite colour of the artist's). These groupings exist amid a luminous off-white-coloured ground -- suggestive of an aerial landscape or perhaps a view of the sky from below. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConsider this passage from historian Theodore Allen Heinrich, quoted in \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ehistorian Ihor Holubizky's biography on Gershon Iskowitz (which we highly recommend; it can be accessed online \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aci-iac.ca\/art-books\/gershon-iskowitz\/key-works\/autumn-landscape-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“[Iskowitz] not only completely abandoned representation [but] altered his position with relation to it. The first new orientation in place of looking at was to look straight up from the ground level, the other was to be up at some height and look straight down. [...] This might be termed intimate cartography, poeticized by its sensibility to season change and the times of day or night, clear or overcast as expressed by light.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis later 1960s period marked a significant moment in Iskowitz’s growing national recognition. Following his inclusion in the Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting and election to the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, the present canvas was later featured in the Art Gallery of Ontario’s survey of the Imperial Oil Collection, affirming its early institutional recognition. It is also worth mentioning that many of Iskowitz's paintings of the late 1960s are on a smaller domestic scale. It is only in the following decade that Iskowitz embraces large-scale painting. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMost major institutions in Canada hold a painting from the late 1960s; This is a rare opportunity to acquire a work of such caliber and importance. To see a published image of this work, as well as other paradigms of his work in major institutions, Caviar20 recommends the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aci-iac.ca\/art-books\/gershon-iskowitz\/key-works\/autumn-landscape-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArt Canada Institute's resources\u003c\/a\u003e on Gershon Iskowitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Summer Song\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCanada, 1966\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSigned and dated, lower right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e65\"H 50\"H (work)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003enote: this work is sold unframed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eProvenance: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery Moos, Toronto\u003cbr\u003eImperial Oil Limited\u003cbr\u003eEstate of Dr. Luigi Rossi\u003cbr\u003eKelowna Art Gallery, BC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLiterature:\u003cbr\u003eIhor Holubizky, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aci-iac.ca\/art-books\/gershon-iskowitz\/key-works\/autumn-landscape-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz: Life \u0026amp; Work\u003c\/a\u003e,\" Art Canada Institute, page 38.\u003cbr\u003e\"The Rossi Collection: A Circle of Friends,\" Kelowna Art Gallery, 2018, reproduced page 30 and listed page 44.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eExhibited:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e- Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, \"A Canadian Survey: Selected Works from the Collection of Imperial Oil Limited,\" January 12 – February 17, 1980; traveling in 1978 – 1980 to multiple Canadian venues, including the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon; Art Gallery of Windsor; and Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, catalogue #15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Kelowna Art Gallery, \"The Rossi Collection: A Circle of Friends,\" November 10, 2018 – January 20, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote: price is $85,000 CAD.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48140750881004,"sku":"08-26","price":85000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Summer-Song_01.jpg?v=1786364486"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-midnight-no-2-1988","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"MIDNIGHT NO. 2\", 1987","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vibrant \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e (1921-1988) print is a perfect example of the artist's iconic style. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA signature of his practice is the use of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elarge cloud-like forms of saturated colors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this exceptional piece, the background is composed of a dense cloud-like layer of navy blue, midnight black and punctuated with spots of aqua. Above this base are candy-like forms of tangerine, dusty purple, lime and red. This work perfectly depicts the best elements of the artist late period style. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike many of his contemporaries, especially in the United States, Iskowitz did not delve into printmaking. \"Midnight No. 2\" is one of the only known prints in the artist's oeuvre. It is notable not only for its singularity but also its impressive large size. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aci-iac.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Art-Canada-Institute_Gershon-Iskowitz.pdf\" title=\"Gershon Iskowitz Canada Art Institute\"\u003eTo learn more about Gershon Iskowitz we recommend the Art Canada Institute's online book on the artist. \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or call +1.416.704.1720\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Midnight No. 2\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCanada, 1987\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSigned and editioned \"23\/60\" by the artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLithograph, Aquatint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFrom an edition of 60\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e41.5\"H 35.25\"W \u003c\/span\u003e(work)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e47.5\"H 41.25\"W (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNote: price is $1950 CAD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67614969594092,"sku":"01-22x07-24x09-26","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Midnight-2_01.jpg?v=1792178692"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-red-a-1979","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"RED-A\" 1979","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is hard to reconcile Gershon Iskowitz's (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently; and later, briefly at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor after his arrival. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\" title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon liberation Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950's he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation and joined the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz's survived the darkest side of humanity and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebuilt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a life dedicated to creating beautiful art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis oil painting is a perfect example of Iskowitz's iconic style. Painted in 1979, it is from an important and fruitful period of the artist's life, just five years after representing Canada at the Venice Biennale. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a lovely sized and scaled work from the most desirable period of the artist's oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Red-A\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanada, 1979\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned, titled and dated verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e38\"H 33\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e39.5\"H 34.5\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: Price is $60,000 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67627837128940,"sku":"10-26","price":60000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Red-A_01.jpg?v=1791047669"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-lowlands-1-1969","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"LOWLANDS #1\" 1969","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\"Lowlands #1\"\u003cspan\u003e belongs to a pivotal series of thirteen paintings born from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/knyoex92fvfgvna2-742712.shopifypreview.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e’s historic 1967 trip to Churchill, Manitoba, and his experience of flying over the vast northern landscape. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than depicting the terrain literally, Iskowitz translates the sensation of viewing it from above into an increasingly abstract visual language. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLowlands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e paintings are characterized by dominant horizontal bands of colour extending into narrow “stems,” lighter passages, and small clusters of contrasting colour. Iskowitz described the compositions as evoking the “swoop down” of an aircraft approaching the landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this important early painting, the landscape is reduced to luminous green form set against an earthy, horizontal-leaning ground. The central band and descending stem suggest the estuary of the Churchill River, while the surrounding passages oscillate between land, sky, and negative space. Yet these associations remain deliberately unstable. Iskowitz was less interested in reproducing what he saw than in capturing the expansiveness, unusual light, and shifting spatial relationships of the Canadian North.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe series also marks the emergence of formal devices that would become central to Iskowitz’s oeuvre. Small clusters of vividly coloured “blips” introduce movement and optical tension, their ambiguous placement making it difficult to determine whether they are floating, falling, or embedded within the larger forms. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt a moment when Canadian abstraction was dominated by colour-field, hard-edge, and systemic approaches, Iskowitz’s combination of landscape memory, invented forms, and luminous colour was distinctly personal. \"\u003c\/span\u003eLowlands #1\"\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecaptures the artist developing the singular pictorial vocabulary that would define his mature practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Churchill experience became a lasting point of reference for Iskowitz, informing subsequent trips to James Bay and Yellowknife and shaping his work for the remainder of his career. As his paintings grew larger and more complex, natural forms were increasingly reduced to vibrant organic patches of colour, while distinctions between foreground and background dissolved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Lowlands #1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanada, 1969\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned and dated lower right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.5\"H 13.25\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21.25\"H 14.75\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $14,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67744897171692,"sku":"10-26","price":14500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Lowlands_1-1969_01.jpg?v=1792077760"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-new-green-blue-1974","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"NEW GREENS-BLUES\" 1975","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRICE ON REQUEST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eColour was fundamental to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e’s (1919-1988) practice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe mixed his own pigments and carefully considered the relationships between individual hues, often allowing colour itself to determine the titles of his paintings. His process was intuitive but highly disciplined, with each successive application of paint contributing to an evolving balance across the surface. \u003cem\u003eNew Green-Blue\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies this tension between spontaneity and control: its forms appear organic and freely dispersed, yet the composition is carefully calibrated to sustain a continuous sense of movement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBy the mid-1970s, Iskowitz had transformed his experience of the Canadian landscape into a distinctly personal language of luminous colour and rhythmic abstraction. \u003cem\u003eNew Green-Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is less a depiction of a particular place than an evocation of the sensations of looking, moving, and experiencing colour in space—an expression of the pictorial vocabulary he had developed over the preceding decade. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorks from this period retain an underlying connection to his aerial visions of the Canadian landscape, but increasingly abandon recognizable references in favour of colour, rhythm, and movement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \"\u003c\/span\u003eNew Greens-Blues\u003cspan\u003e,\" applications of candy green, denim blue, canary yellow, and deep purple are shining through and above a white-grey shroud. The result is a shifting field of forms that seem to advance, recede, and drift across the canvas. Iskowitz constructs spatial tension through the relationship between overlapping colour patches and the areas of painted ground that surround them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe work plays with the perception of foreground and background: colours that initially appear to float against a distant field reveal, upon closer examination, a more complex layering of paint. Iskowitz effectively reverses the conventions of atmospheric perspective, making space something to be discovered through the interaction of colour rather than illusionistic depth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis oversized painting is a perfect example of Iskowitz's iconic style. Completed in 1974, it is from an important and fruitful period of the artist's life, just two years after representing Canada at the Venice Biennale. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"New Greens-Blues\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanada, 1975\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned, titled and dated verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e66\"H 84\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e68\"H 86\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67745814741228,"sku":"10-26","price":165000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Big-Painting_01.jpg?v=1792082386"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-treescape-for-browndale-1972","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"TREESCAPE (FOR BROWNDALE)\" 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis dynamic \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e (1921-1988) screenprint is an atypical output for the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work belongs to a series of posters created especially for Browndale, a Canadian therapeutic organization founded in 1966 by social worker John L. Brown. The project brought together six prominent Canadian artists—Iskowitz, John Graham Coughtry, John MacGregor, Robert Markle, Gordon Rayner, and Harold Town—in an intersection of contemporary art and social advocacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz’s contribution is particularly striking within the context of his broader practice. Rather than the floating, abstract colour forms that characterized his paintings of the 1960s and 1970s, the artist presents a lush, almost realistic image of a leafy tree. Yet the scene remains unmistakably Iskowitzian in its treatment of colour and light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe foliage dissolves into hundreds of small, luminous touches of green, blue, yellow, white, and earth tones, creating an image that hovers between recognizable nature and painterly abstraction. The effect echoes Iskowitz’s enduring fascination with the visual sensations of the Canadian landscape, the subtle shifts in shape and colour remeniscent of his painted abstractions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis poster occupies an unusual place within Iskowitz’s oeuvre. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eUnlike many of his contemporaries, especially in the United States, Iskowitz did not delve into printmaking. This work, along with \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/all-inventory\/products\/gershon-iskowitz-midnight-no-2-1988\"\u003eMidnight No. 2\u003c\/a\u003e\" are some of his only known prints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or call +1.416.704.1720, or visit our Toronto gallery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Treescape\" (for Browndale)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCanada, 1972\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eScreenprint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSigned and numbered \"39\/50\" in pencil below image with letters: \"THIS SERIES OF POSTERS BY CANADIAN ARTISTS CREATED ESPEICALLY FOR BROWNDALE. COUGHTRY, ISKOWITZ, MACGREGOR, MARKLE, RAYNER, TOWN\" in plate along bottom edge of sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25.5\"H 20\"W \u003c\/span\u003e(sheet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e27.25\"H 24.75\"W (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNote: price is $1650 CAD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67748199301356,"sku":"10-26","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Iskowitz-Poster_01.jpg?v=1792090835"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-untitled-furrows-1962","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"UNTITLED (FURROWS)\" 1962","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\/products\/gershon-iskowitz-red-a-1979\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e (1921–1988) developed a singular approach to landscape, gradually moving from observed nature toward an increasingly abstract language of colour, rhythm, and light across his career. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the majority of his career, Iskowitz showed colour in his artwork. However, drawing remained a consistent parallel studio activity for the artist (the AGO maintains a collection of sketchbooks with landscape drawings such as this one from the early 1960s - 1981).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorking with short, closely arranged marks, Iskowitz constructs an idealized view of the Ontario countryside. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evariations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eintensity \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003espacing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elines, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe skillfully \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esuggests \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elandscape, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einviting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eviewers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecomplete \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eimage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethrough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etheir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eown \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperception \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eengagement with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003escene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe marks vary in density and spacing, creating subtle shifts in depth and a nice oscillating sense of movement. Rather than relying on conventional representation, he constructs his composition through repetition and accumulation, allowing the landscape to emerge from an almost pointillist vocabulary. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe result is both methodical and atmospheric: a recognizable natural scene distilled into its essential visual elements and evoked emotions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Untitled (Furrows)\"\u003cspan\u003e reveals the disciplined observation and technical precision underlying his practice. This and other drawings of this era convey Iskowitz's unique understanding of the visual world and his skill as a draughtsman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntitled (Furrows)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1962\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInk on sketchbook paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18\"H 24\"W (sheet)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.5\"H 30.5\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67748374151404,"sku":"10-26","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Iskowitz-Furrows_01.jpg?v=1792093071"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-portrait-of-a-friend-1955","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"PORTRAIT OF A FRIEND\" 1955","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing remained a lifelong and parallel practice for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soj7epgdamb7i2fl-742712.shopifypreview.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(1919-1988). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter immigrating to Canada in 1948, Iskowitz attended informal life-drawing sessions at the Artists’ Workshop in Toronto, producing quick studies of figures, portraits, and street scenes. By the early 1950s, his portrait drawings had developed into a distinctive form of immediate contour drawing, emphasizing the essential features of his subjects with minimal shading or tonality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn 1954, Iskowitz made his first recorded Canadian exhibition appearance at the Art Gallery of Toronto, showing two drawings\/watercolours. By 1955 he was developing a body of portraits and figure studies alongside his early landscape experiments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Portrait of a Friend\" belongs to this formative period, when Iskowitz was establishing a new life in Toronto and developing relationships within the city’s emerging artistic community. Around this time, he became friends with artists Eric Freifeld and Yehuda Podeswa, whose portraits he also painted in 1954–55.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Portrait of a Friend\" exemplifies the directness of the artist's early portrait drawings. Executed in spare yet expressive lines, the work captures the sitter through a few carefully observed gestures rather than sustained description. The face emerges from an animated network of contours, while the loosely indicated shoulders and clothing dissolve into the surrounding paper. Areas of heavier, more emphatic mark-making animate hair texture and facial features, creating a striking contrast with the largely untouched ground. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz uses the fluidity of the line to convey not only likeness but presence, allowing the sitter to emerge gradually from the page. The result is intimate and spontaneous, demonstrating the observational discipline that would remain fundamental to his practice even as his art moved increasingly toward landscape and, eventually, pure abstraction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Portrait of a Friend\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1955\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInk on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11\"H 8\"W (visible)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19\"H 15\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $2,950 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67748446109932,"sku":"10-26","price":2950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Portrait-of-a-friend-drawing_01.jpg?v=1792097290"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-light-mauve-watercolor-1969","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"LIGHT MAUVE\" WATERCOLOR, 1969","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\" title=\"GERSHON ISKOWITZ PAINTING 1988 CAVIAR20\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. He survived the darkest side of humanity and built a life dedicated to creating beautiful art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently. The outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was conscripted to forced labor, then transferred to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\" title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e in 1944, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months recuperating in the hospital. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich before immigrating to Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. The legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and material and approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIskowitz embraced watercolors during two distinct chapters of his career; in 1968-69 as his career gained significant momentum and about a decade later, during 1977-78, as a major monograph of his work was being published and a touring retrospective began.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by dropping paint onto dampened paper, his watercolours offer floating blips and colourful clusters that vibrate across the page. Iskowitz was measured in his process so that each chromatic patch came across clearly, not muddied with one another. The result is a thoughtful application of colour, shape, and process. This composition is quite meditative and soothing, the subtleties working in tandem to offer a balanced presentation. The white of the page is very slightly washed in a pale mauve hue, giving the composition some depth as the ghosted background anchors the dotted forms and allows their edges to melt away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz received six Canada Council grants for his work, establishing him as a Canadian painter in his own right. He represented Canada at the Venice Biennial in 1972. A retrospective of his work was held in 1984 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO, travelling through Canada as well as to Canada House in London, England. His work remains in the permanent collections of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ago.ca\/agoinsider\/mystery-gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eAGO\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/collection\/artist\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eNational Gallery of Canada,\u003c\/a\u003e among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eUntitled (Light Mauve)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1969\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist, lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13\"H 22\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20\"H 29\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed with museum glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Gallery Moos, Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $4,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757400031468,"sku":"10-26","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Untitled-_Light-mauve_-watercolour-1969_01.jpg?v=1792182171"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-primaries-watercolor-1978","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"PRIMARIES\" WATERCOLOR, 1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is somewhat hard to reconcile \u003ca title=\"Toronto art gallery collection featuring iconic Canadian artist Gershon Iskowitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e's (1921-1988) joyful aesthetic with his personal history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave yeshiva (a Jewish seminary) in order to study art, including a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The outbreak of the second world war forced him to return to his hometown where shortly after he was conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in the hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka. Iskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art with an emphasis on landscape. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween 1967 and 1976, Iskowitz would receive six Canada Council grants for his work, becoming one of the era's leading abstract artists. He represented Canada at the Venice Biennial in 1972. A retrospective of his work was held in 1984 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO, travelling across Canada as well as to Canada House in London, England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is a paradigm of Iskowitz's watercolors from the late 1970s. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade by dropping color onto dampened paper, Iskowitz's watercolours offer distinctive colourful clusters that vibrate across the page. Iskowitz was measured in his process so that each chromatic patch came across clearly, not muddied with one another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \"Primaries\" Iskowitz uses a starbursts of aquamarine blue, yellow with red on top, and a deep teal to create a thoughtful arrangement of pigment, shape, and process:\u003c\/span\u003e a true celebration of color and medium. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e call \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"tel:4167041720\"\u003e+1.416.704.1720,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Caviar20 Toronto art gallery contact information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntitled (Primaries)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1978\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolor \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist in pencil, lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13\"H 22\"W (sheet)\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20\"H 29\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed with museum glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe price is $4,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757405798636,"sku":"10-26","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Untitled-_primaries_-watercolour-1978_01.jpg?v=1792182401"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-violet-teal-watercolor-1978","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"VIOLET-TEAL\" WATERCOLOR, 1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is somewhat hard to reconcile \u003ca title=\"Toronto art gallery collection featuring iconic Canadian artist Gershon Iskowitz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz\u003c\/a\u003e's (1921-1988) joyful aesthetic with his personal history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave yeshiva (a Jewish seminary) in order to study art, including a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The outbreak of the second world war forced him to return to his hometown where shortly after he was conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Buchenwald Concentration Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in the hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka. Iskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art with an emphasis on landscape. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation in Toronto and beyond,  joining the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween 1967 and 1976, Iskowitz would receive six Canada Council grants for his work, becoming one of the era's leading abstract artists. He represented Canada at the Venice Biennial in 1972. A retrospective of his work was held in 1984 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, AGO, travelling across Canada as well as to Canada House in London, England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is a paradigm of Iskowitz's watercolors from the late 1970s. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade by dropping color onto dampened paper, Iskowitz's watercolours offer distinctive colourful clusters that vibrate across the page. Iskowitz was measured in his process so that each chromatic patch came across clearly, not muddied with one another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this jewel-toned watercolor, Iskowitz uses starbursts violet, teal, and canary yellow to create a thoughtful arrangement of pigment, shape, and process:\u003c\/span\u003e a true celebration of color and medium. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e call \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"tel:4167041720\"\u003e+1.416.704.1720,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Caviar20 Toronto art gallery contact information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntitled (Violet-Teal)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1978\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolor \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist in pencil, lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13\"H 22\"W (sheet)\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20\"H 29\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed with museum glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe price is $4,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757410418924,"sku":"10-26","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-VIOLET-TEAL-watercolour_01.jpg?v=1792182587"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-parry-sound-moss-watercolour-1960","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"PARRY SOUND (MOSS)\" WATERCOLOUR, 1960","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz’s\u003c\/a\u003e (1921-1988) Parry Sound watercolours of the late 1950s - early 1960s belong to a pivotal period in the artist’s development, when his engagement with the Canadian landscape was beginning to give way to a more personalized and increasingly abstract visual language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz first travelled to the Parry Sound region in the mid-1950s and returned frequently, drawn to its rocky shorelines, dense forests, waterways, and expansive skies. The landscape provided a rich setting for his experiments with colour and atmosphere, but his paintings and watercolours increasingly move beyond direct observation. Rather than describing a particular place, Iskowitz uses the landscape as a point of departure, allowing its forms to become progressively absorbed into the structure of the image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe early Parry Sound watercolours are distinguished by their unusually dark, atmospheric palettes. Deep blues, greens, violets, browns, and near-black passages accumulate across the paper, creating a sense of density from which fragments of landscape seem to emerge -- despite the fluidity of his medium. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrees, rocks, shoreline, and water remain perceptible, but they are never fully resolved; instead, they flicker in and out of recognition as washes of pigment bleed, overlap, and dissolve into one another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fluidity of watercolour allows Iskowitz to achieve a remarkable range of tonal effects, from transparent washes and delicate passages of light to concentrated areas of saturated colour. Space is consequently created less through conventional perspective than through the shifting relationships between dark and light, density and transparency, gesture and stillness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis tension between the observed landscape and its gradual transformation is central to the Parry Sound series. Iskowitz does not abandon nature so much as discover abstraction within it. His marks suggest the movement of foliage, the irregularity of rock, the reflection of light on water, or the recession of a distant horizon, while simultaneously functioning as independent gestures within the composition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese works therefore occupy an important position between his earlier representational paintings and the increasingly chromatic abstraction that would emerge during the 1960s. They reveal an artist using the landscape not simply to record the Canadian environment, but to explore the expressive possibilities of colour, atmosphere, and the medium itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntitled (Parry Sound Series)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1960\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist in pencil, lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15\"H 21.5\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22\"H 28.5\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly framed with museum glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: The Gershon Iskowitz Foudation \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(GIF C276)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $4,950 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757431980268,"sku":"10-26","price":4950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskotwitz-Parry-Sound-_MOSS_-_GIFC276_-1960_01.jpg?v=1792183746"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-parry-sound-valley-watercolour-1960","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"PARRY SOUND (VALLEY)\" WATERCOLOUR, 1960","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz’s\u003c\/a\u003e (1921-1988) Parry Sound watercolours of the late 1950s - early 1960s belong to a pivotal period in the artist’s development, when his engagement with the Canadian landscape was beginning to give way to a more personalized and increasingly abstract visual language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz first travelled to the Parry Sound region in the mid-1950s and returned frequently, drawn to its rocky shorelines, dense forests, waterways, and expansive skies. The landscape provided a rich setting for his experiments with colour and atmosphere, but his paintings and watercolours increasingly move beyond direct observation. Rather than describing a particular place, Iskowitz uses the landscape as a point of departure, allowing its forms to become progressively absorbed into the structure of the image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe early Parry Sound watercolours are distinguished by their unusually dark, atmospheric palettes. Deep blues, greens, violets, browns, and near-black passages accumulate across the paper, creating a sense of density from which fragments of landscape seem to emerge -- despite the fluidity of his medium. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrees, rocks, shoreline, and water remain perceptible, but they are never fully resolved; instead, they flicker in and out of recognition as washes of pigment bleed, overlap, and dissolve into one another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fluidity of watercolour allows Iskowitz to achieve a remarkable range of tonal effects, from transparent washes and delicate passages of light to concentrated areas of saturated colour. Space is consequently created less through conventional perspective than through the shifting relationships between dark and light, density and transparency, gesture and stillness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis tension between the observed landscape and its gradual transformation is central to the Parry Sound series. Iskowitz does not abandon nature so much as discover abstraction within it. His marks suggest the movement of foliage, the irregularity of rock, the reflection of light on water, or the recession of a distant horizon, while simultaneously functioning as independent gestures within the composition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese works therefore occupy an important position between his earlier representational paintings and the increasingly chromatic abstraction that would emerge during the 1960s. They reveal an artist using the landscape not simply to record the Canadian environment, but to explore the expressive possibilities of colour, atmosphere, and the medium itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntitled (Parry Sound Series)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1960\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist in pencil, lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.5\"H 25\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26.5\"H 32\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly framed with museum glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: The Gershon Iskowitz Foudation (GIF C54)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $5,500 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757448954092,"sku":"10-26","price":5500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Parry-Sound-_VALLEY_-_GIFC54_-1959_01.jpg?v=1792185548"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-parry-sound-pink-storm-watercolor-1960","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"PINK STORM\" WATERCOLOR, 1960","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz’s\u003c\/a\u003e (1921-1988) Parry Sound watercolours of the late 1950s - early 1960s belong to a pivotal period in the artist’s development, when his engagement with the Canadian landscape was beginning to give way to a more personalized and increasingly abstract visual language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz first travelled to the Parry Sound region in the mid-1950s and returned frequently, drawn to its rocky shorelines, dense forests, waterways, and expansive skies. The landscape provided a rich setting for his experiments with colour and atmosphere, but his paintings and watercolours increasingly move beyond direct observation. Rather than describing a particular place, Iskowitz uses the landscape as a point of departure, allowing its forms to become progressively absorbed into the structure of the image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe early Parry Sound watercolours are distinguished by their dense, atmospheric palettes. Deep blues, greens, violets, browns, and near-black passages accumulate across the paper, creating a sense of density from which fragments of landscape seem to emerge -- despite the fluidity of his medium. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrees, rocks, shoreline, and water remain perceptible, but they are never fully resolved; instead, they flicker in and out of recognition as washes of pigment bleed, overlap, and dissolve into one another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work is slightly different in that it depicts a light and airy cloud-spotted sky, tinted pink from the setting sun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fluidity of watercolour allows Iskowitz to achieve a remarkable range of tonal effects, from transparent washes and delicate passages of light to concentrated areas of saturated colour. Space is consequently created less through conventional perspective than through the shifting relationships between dark and light, density and transparency, gesture and stillness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis tension between the observed landscape and its gradual transformation is central to the Parry Sound series. Iskowitz does not abandon nature so much as discover abstraction within it. His marks suggest the movement of foliage, the irregularity of rock, the reflection of light on water, or the recession of a distant horizon, while simultaneously functioning as independent gestures within the composition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese works therefore occupy an important position between his earlier representational paintings and the increasingly chromatic abstraction that would emerge during the 1960s. They reveal an artist using the landscape not simply to record the Canadian environment, but to explore the expressive possibilities of colour, atmosphere, and the medium itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntitled (Parry Sound - Sky Series)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1960\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist in pencil, lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15\"H 21.5\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22\"H 28.5\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly framed with museum glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: The Gershon Iskowitz Foudation (GIF 27)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $4,950 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757502005484,"sku":"10-26","price":4950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-PINK-STORM-_GIFc27_-1969_01.jpg?v=1792186522"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-parry-sound-changing-sky-watercolor-1960","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"CHANGING SKY\" WATERCOLOR, 1960","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz’s\u003c\/a\u003e (1921-1988) Parry Sound watercolours of the late 1950s - early 1960s belong to a pivotal period in the artist’s development, when his engagement with the Canadian landscape was beginning to give way to a more personalized and increasingly abstract visual language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIskowitz first travelled to the Parry Sound region in the mid-1950s and returned frequently, drawn to its rocky shorelines, dense forests, waterways, and expansive skies. The landscape provided a rich setting for his experiments with colour and atmosphere, but his paintings and watercolours increasingly move beyond direct observation. Rather than describing a particular place, Iskowitz uses the landscape as a point of departure, allowing its forms to become progressively absorbed into the structure of the image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe early Parry Sound watercolours are distinguished by their unusually dark, atmospheric palettes. Deep blues, greens, violets, browns, and near-black passages accumulate across the paper, creating a sense of density from which fragments of landscape seem to emerge -- despite the fluidity of his medium. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrees, rocks, shoreline, and water remain perceptible, but they are never fully resolved; instead, they flicker in and out of recognition as washes of pigment bleed, overlap, and dissolve into one another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fluidity of watercolour allows Iskowitz to achieve a remarkable range of tonal effects, from transparent washes and delicate passages of light to concentrated areas of saturated colour. Space is consequently created less through conventional perspective than through the shifting relationships between dark and light, density and transparency, gesture and stillness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis tension between the observed landscape and its gradual transformation is central to the Parry Sound series. Iskowitz does not abandon nature so much as discover abstraction within it. His marks suggest the movement of foliage, the irregularity of rock, the reflection of light on water, or the recession of a distant horizon, while simultaneously functioning as independent gestures within the composition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese works therefore occupy an important position between his earlier representational paintings and the increasingly chromatic abstraction that would emerge during the 1960s. They reveal an artist using the landscape not simply to record the Canadian environment, but to explore the expressive possibilities of colour, atmosphere, and the medium itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntitled (Parry Sound - Sky Series)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada, 1960\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by artist in pencil, lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.5\"H 10\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22\"H 17\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly framed with museum glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: The Gershon Iskowitz Foudation (GIF C225)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: price is $3,450 CAD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757509411052,"sku":"10-26","price":3450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-CHANGINGSKY-_GIVC225_-1960_01.jpg?v=1792186657"},{"product_id":"gershon-iskowitz-red-c-1981","title":"GERSHON ISKOWITZ \"RED-C\" 1981","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt is hard to reconcile \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz\"\u003eGershon Iskowitz's\u003c\/a\u003e (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBorn to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jewish religious studies) in order to study art independently and later a brief stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe outbreak of war forced him to return to his hometown where he was shortly after conscripted to forced labor. In 1944 Iskowitz was transferred to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buchenwald_concentration_camp\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBuchenwald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, one of the first and most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUpon liberation, Iskowitz spent nearly 9 months in hospital recuperating. Amazingly he would study for six months at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich with Oskar Kokoschka. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIskowitz would eventually immigrate to Canada. For most of the 1950s, he incorporated representation into his art. By the 60's he had established a modest reputation and joined the Gallery Moos stable in 1964. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe legend goes that in 1967 thanks to a Canadian Council grant, Iskowitz took a helicopter tour of the north. The experience of seeing the massive expanse of trees from above inspired a major redirection of his aesthetic and approach. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis confident and striking painting is a perfect example of Iskowitz's iconic style and his celebration of pure, uplifting primary colors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aci-iac.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Art-Canada-Institute_Gershon-Iskowitz.pdf\" title=\"Gershon Iskowitz Canada Art Institute\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTo learn more about Gershon Iskowitz we recommend the Art Canada Institute's online book on the artist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Red-C\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCanada, 1981\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSigned, titled and dated by the artist verso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e45\" 39\"H (canvas)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gershon Iskowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67762347016428,"sku":"10-26","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Red-C_01.jpg?v=1792259321"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/collections\/Caviar20_Gershon-Iskowitz-Big-Painting_16.jpg?v=1791831034","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/gershon-iskowitz-retrospective-1.oembed","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}