Rita Briansky

Rita Briansky (born 1925) is a Polish-born, Jewish-Canadian painter.[1][2][3] Briansky is associated with the Jewish Painters of Montreal.

Rita Briansky
Born1925 (age 94–95)
Grajewa, Poland
NationalityCanadian
Known forPainting

Early life

Briansky emigrated to Ontario, Canada with her mother and two sisters in 1929.[3][4] The family moved to Val d'Or, Quebec in 1939, and then to Montreal in 1941.[3] She studied at the Montreal School of Fine Arts and at the Arts Student League in New York City.[3]

Work

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[1] the Cape Breton University Art Gallery,[5] the Burnaby Art Gallery[6] and the National Gallery of Canada[7]

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References
  1. "Briansky, Rita". Collections | MNBAQ.
  2. "Rita Briansky (BBHS '42) | Baron Byng High School Museum".
  3. "Rita Briansky". January 12, 2017.
  4. Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). "North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary". Routledge – via Google Books.
  5. "Cape Breton University: Individual: Rita Briansky [Rita Briansky ]". www.cbuagcollection.ca.
  6. "Playground II | Art Gallery Collections". collections.burnabyartgallery.ca.
  7. "Rita Briansky". www.gallery.ca.
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