Nationality Canadian Name Joe Rosenthal Education OCAD University | Movement figurative sculptures Role Sculptor Known for Sculpture | |
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Born 1921 Chisinau, Romania (now Moldova) Books Indians; a Sketching Odyssey | ||
Joe Rosenthal is a Canadian sculptor. He has travelled and sketched in the Northwest Territories, Mexico, Cuba, England, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and the Ontario Society of Arts.
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Early years
He was born in 1921 in Romania (now Moldova). He emigrated to Canada in 1927. From 1942-45, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces. He studied at the Ontario College of Art.
Legacy
He was awarded recognition by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canada Council, and the Toronto Outdoor Exhibition. He won first prize in the National Open Sculpture Competition for the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Monument. He was awarded The Rabin International Presentation Sculpture, Los Angeles, 1996. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Family
Rosenthal is the brother-in-law of Ross Dowson and was a member of the Revolutionary Workers' Party until the early 1950s when he was part of a split concerning the group's orientation towards the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. His wife, Joyce Rosenthal, Ross Dowson's sister, was a long-time socialist and an activist in the women's movement, particularly around abortion rights. She co-founded the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Hemophilia Society after discovering that their son, Ron, was a hemophiliac.