CV of Stanley Lewis, sculptor and printmaker
Born March 28th 1930 in Montreal
Studies
1949-53: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design, with Dr. Arthur Lismer
1953-55: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
1956-59: Atelier of Maestro V. Gambacciani, Florence, Italy.
1963-65: Ein Hod Artists' Colony, Israel
Solo Exhibitions
1950: YMCA Montreal
Stone lithography and drawings
1952: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Sculpture
1953: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Stone lithography from Mexican period
1955: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Drawings from Mexican period
1959: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Lifesize marble copy of Michelangelo’s Tondo Pitti, carved Florence
1960: Gallery Here and Now, Toronto
Sculpture
1960: Galerie Dresdnere, Montreal
Sculpture
1961: Galerie Libre, Montreal
First black and white stone-cut prints
1962: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1963: Le Centre d’Art du Mont-Royal, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1964: Galerie Libre, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints (first exhibition of multi-colour stone-cut prints produced
in Israel)
1965: Israel Art Auction Gallery, Tel Aviv
Stone-cut prints under the patronage of Canadian Embassy in Israel
1965: The Art Den, Montreal.
Stone-cut prints.
1966: Galerie Moos, Montreal
Sculpture
1967: Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
Stone-cut prints
1968: L’Auberge du Vieux St-Gabriel, Montreal
Stone-cut prints: “Man and Air Pollution”
1969: Saidye Brofman Centre, Montreal
Sculpture
1971: National Gallery of Ottawa, Ottawa
Stone-cut prints and woodcut prints
1971: Palais des Arts Terre des Hommes, Montreal
Stone-cut prints “Celestial Light.”
1971: Galerie Bienvenue, Montreal
Sculpture
1974: Le Centre d’Art du Mont-Royal, Montreal
Stone-cut prints. “The Age of Violence.”
1974: Cummings House, Montreal
Drawings produced in Israel while observing the Yom Kippur war in situ at the Golan
Heights (Syria)
1975: Atelier J. Lukacs, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1976: Atelier J.Lukacs, Montreal
Sculpture
1976: Galerie d’Art Artemus, Montreal
Retrospective “Drawings 1950-1974”
1978: Galerie Libre, Montreal
Lino-cut entitled “Tree Sprit” carved in situ, Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock area.
1982: Le Centre d’Art, Montreal
Stone-cut prints
1988: La Galerie d’Arts Contemporains, Montreal
Sculpture and Coloured Drawings
1992: Westmount Square
In commemoration of Montreal’s 350th anniversary, Sculpture
1997: Place Ville-Maire, Montreal
Multi-media sculpture entitled “The Flood and Rebirth.”
Group Exhibitions
1953: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Stone lithography and Sculpture
1954: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Stone lithography and Sculpture
1958: Galerie del Ariete, Milan, Italy
Sculpture
1959: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Gallery 12
Three years of marble carving created in Florence
1963: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Galerie de l’Etable
As founding member of L’Association des Sculpteurs du Quebec
1970: Musee Rodin, Paris
Marble sculpture: “The Adolescent.”
1976: Yale University
(with American artists Frank Stella, Robert Motherwell….)
1992: Musee du Quebec
(La Sculpture au Quebec 1946-1961)
Awards and Distinctions
1949: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design
Scholarship in painting
1950: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design
Scholarship in sculpture and graphics
1952- 1954- Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Postgraduate scholarships to study stone sculpture and stone lithography
1956-1958- Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation
Three consecutive scholarships to study stone sculpture in Florence
1959: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
Concours artistique. Purchase prize: sculpture for permanent collection
1960: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
National Art and Photography Exhibition.
Prize for sculpture
1962: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
National Art and Photography Exhibition.
Prize for stone-cut
1963: Canadian Jewish Congress
Travel grant to Israel to create stone-cuts illustration “The Ten Commandments” using Jerusalem stone slabs.
1966: Creates bronze of Samuel Bronfman.
1974: Canadian Jewish Congress.
Travel grant to Israel (war artist documenting the Yom Kipper War)
1980s: Received recognition for advancing techniques – Institute of Leonardo da Vinci, Florence.
Entry in Who’s Who in American Jewry
Entry in Art and Antiques
500 prints bought for Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec
Posthumously
2006: Homage to Stanley Lewis. Back to Roots. Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal
2009: Sherbrooke Museum
2009: Kitchener Museum
Born March 28th 1930 in Montreal
Studies
1949-53: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design, with Dr. Arthur Lismer
1953-55: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
1956-59: Atelier of Maestro V. Gambacciani, Florence, Italy.
1963-65: Ein Hod Artists' Colony, Israel
Solo Exhibitions
1950: YMCA Montreal
Stone lithography and drawings
1952: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Sculpture
1953: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Stone lithography from Mexican period
1955: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Drawings from Mexican period
1959: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Lifesize marble copy of Michelangelo’s Tondo Pitti, carved Florence
1960: Gallery Here and Now, Toronto
Sculpture
1960: Galerie Dresdnere, Montreal
Sculpture
1961: Galerie Libre, Montreal
First black and white stone-cut prints
1962: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1963: Le Centre d’Art du Mont-Royal, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1964: Galerie Libre, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints (first exhibition of multi-colour stone-cut prints produced
in Israel)
1965: Israel Art Auction Gallery, Tel Aviv
Stone-cut prints under the patronage of Canadian Embassy in Israel
1965: The Art Den, Montreal.
Stone-cut prints.
1966: Galerie Moos, Montreal
Sculpture
1967: Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
Stone-cut prints
1968: L’Auberge du Vieux St-Gabriel, Montreal
Stone-cut prints: “Man and Air Pollution”
1969: Saidye Brofman Centre, Montreal
Sculpture
1971: National Gallery of Ottawa, Ottawa
Stone-cut prints and woodcut prints
1971: Palais des Arts Terre des Hommes, Montreal
Stone-cut prints “Celestial Light.”
1971: Galerie Bienvenue, Montreal
Sculpture
1974: Le Centre d’Art du Mont-Royal, Montreal
Stone-cut prints. “The Age of Violence.”
1974: Cummings House, Montreal
Drawings produced in Israel while observing the Yom Kippur war in situ at the Golan
Heights (Syria)
1975: Atelier J. Lukacs, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1976: Atelier J.Lukacs, Montreal
Sculpture
1976: Galerie d’Art Artemus, Montreal
Retrospective “Drawings 1950-1974”
1978: Galerie Libre, Montreal
Lino-cut entitled “Tree Sprit” carved in situ, Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock area.
1982: Le Centre d’Art, Montreal
Stone-cut prints
1988: La Galerie d’Arts Contemporains, Montreal
Sculpture and Coloured Drawings
1992: Westmount Square
In commemoration of Montreal’s 350th anniversary, Sculpture
1997: Place Ville-Maire, Montreal
Multi-media sculpture entitled “The Flood and Rebirth.”
Group Exhibitions
1953: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Stone lithography and Sculpture
1954: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Stone lithography and Sculpture
1958: Galerie del Ariete, Milan, Italy
Sculpture
1959: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Gallery 12
Three years of marble carving created in Florence
1963: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Galerie de l’Etable
As founding member of L’Association des Sculpteurs du Quebec
1970: Musee Rodin, Paris
Marble sculpture: “The Adolescent.”
1976: Yale University
(with American artists Frank Stella, Robert Motherwell….)
1992: Musee du Quebec
(La Sculpture au Quebec 1946-1961)
Awards and Distinctions
1949: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design
Scholarship in painting
1950: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design
Scholarship in sculpture and graphics
1952- 1954- Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Postgraduate scholarships to study stone sculpture and stone lithography
1956-1958- Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation
Three consecutive scholarships to study stone sculpture in Florence
1959: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
Concours artistique. Purchase prize: sculpture for permanent collection
1960: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
National Art and Photography Exhibition.
Prize for sculpture
1962: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
National Art and Photography Exhibition.
Prize for stone-cut
1963: Canadian Jewish Congress
Travel grant to Israel to create stone-cuts illustration “The Ten Commandments” using Jerusalem stone slabs.
1966: Creates bronze of Samuel Bronfman.
1974: Canadian Jewish Congress.
Travel grant to Israel (war artist documenting the Yom Kipper War)
1980s: Received recognition for advancing techniques – Institute of Leonardo da Vinci, Florence.
Entry in Who’s Who in American Jewry
Entry in Art and Antiques
500 prints bought for Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec
Posthumously
2006: Homage to Stanley Lewis. Back to Roots. Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal
2009: Sherbrooke Museum
2009: Kitchener Museum
Chronology of Stanley Lewis
1930: born March 28; lives at 5252 Esplanade, Montreal
1949: begins his studies at the School of Art and Design, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, under Dr Arthur Lismer
1953: graduates from the School of Art and Design; begins studying at the Instituto San Miguel Allende, Mexico
1955: La Molendaro (Corngrinder) completed; the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation awards him a scholarship to study in Italy
1956: joins the studio of Vittorio Gambacciani in Florence
1958: Pink Lady completed (Florence version)
1959: leaves Italy and returns to Canada; first show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
1963: joins the Ein Hod artists’ colony, Israel
1965: marries at Ein Hod; leaves Israel and returns to Canada
1969: marries for the second time
1990: decides to concentrate on stone carving in his studio on the Boulevard St Laurent, Montreal
2002: Jeanne Pope and Stanley Lewis begin artistic relationship
2005: plans a retrospective show; plans to travel to Aix-en-Provence to research Cezanne; starts work on Bird &
Mask; four documentary films featuring Stanley; hospitalized
2006: dies August 14 at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal; buried at the Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem Congregation Cemetery in Montreal
1930: born March 28; lives at 5252 Esplanade, Montreal
1949: begins his studies at the School of Art and Design, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, under Dr Arthur Lismer
1953: graduates from the School of Art and Design; begins studying at the Instituto San Miguel Allende, Mexico
1955: La Molendaro (Corngrinder) completed; the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation awards him a scholarship to study in Italy
1956: joins the studio of Vittorio Gambacciani in Florence
1958: Pink Lady completed (Florence version)
1959: leaves Italy and returns to Canada; first show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
1963: joins the Ein Hod artists’ colony, Israel
1965: marries at Ein Hod; leaves Israel and returns to Canada
1969: marries for the second time
1990: decides to concentrate on stone carving in his studio on the Boulevard St Laurent, Montreal
2002: Jeanne Pope and Stanley Lewis begin artistic relationship
2005: plans a retrospective show; plans to travel to Aix-en-Provence to research Cezanne; starts work on Bird &
Mask; four documentary films featuring Stanley; hospitalized
2006: dies August 14 at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal; buried at the Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem Congregation Cemetery in Montreal
Museums, galleries, libraries and other institutions which hold artworks by Stanley Lewis
Artothèque de Montréal
Bibliothéque National du Quebec (500 prints)
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal
Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville (12 prints)
Glenbow Museum, Calgary (stone-cut print of "The Imprisoned Astronomer")
Grimsby Public Art Gallery (a collection of prints)
Jewish Public Library, Montreal
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
Musée du Quebec
Museum of Fine Art, Montreal (a copy of Michelangelo’s "Tondo Pitti")
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Artothèque de Montréal
Bibliothéque National du Quebec (500 prints)
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal
Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville (12 prints)
Glenbow Museum, Calgary (stone-cut print of "The Imprisoned Astronomer")
Grimsby Public Art Gallery (a collection of prints)
Jewish Public Library, Montreal
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
Musée du Quebec
Museum of Fine Art, Montreal (a copy of Michelangelo’s "Tondo Pitti")
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
