# Alfred Pinsky

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{{short description|Canadian painter}}
'''Alfred Pinsky''' (March 31, 1921 - November 21, 1999)<ref name=ConcordiaArchives>[http://archives.concordia.ca/P054 P054 – Alfred Pinsky fonds (Biographical Sketch of Alfred Pinsky)], at the [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University) Archives; published September 2010; retrieved January 5, 2016</ref> was a Canadian artist and art educator.  He was described as part of the informal [Jewish Painters of Montreal](/source/Jewish_Painters_of_Montreal) group.<ref name=Reminisce>[http://cjournal.concordia.ca/archives/20080403/reminiscing_about_jewish_montreal.php Reminiscing About Jewish Montreal], by Karen Herland; in the Concordia Journal; published April 3, 2008; retrieved January 5, 2016</ref>

==Professional history==

Pinsky's artistic education began at [Baron Byng High School](/source/Baron_Byng_High_School), where he was a student of,<ref name=Beaux-Arts>[https://www.beaux-arts.ca/fr/voir/collections/artist.php?iartistid=4886 Anne Savage 1896 - 1971], at the [Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_des_beaux-arts_de_Montr%C3%A9al); published no later than October 18, 2013; retrieved January 5, 2016</ref> and later assistant to,<ref name=JewishMuseumMontreal>[http://imjm.ca/location/2134 Alfred Pinsky - Residence] at the Jewish Museum of Montreal; by Valérie Beauchemin, translated by Helge Dascher; retrieved January 5, 2016</ref> [Anne Savage](/source/Anne_Savage_(artist)).

During the Second World War, Pinsky served in the [Royal Canadian Air Force](/source/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force),<ref name=JewishMuseumMontreal/> and subsequently moved to Nova Scotia;<ref name=JVL>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0004_0_03834.html Ghitta Caiserman-Roth], in the Encyclopedia Judaica, archived at the Jewish Virtual Library; by Esther Trépanier; published 2008; accessed January 5, 2016</ref> he later returned to Montreal, where he co-founded the Montreal Art School.<ref name=JVL/>

In 1960, when [Sir George Williams University](/source/Sir_George_Williams_University) established its Department of Fine Arts, Pinsky served as its first chairman; in 1974, Sir George Williams University merged with [Loyola College](/source/Loyola_College_(Montreal)) to become [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University),  and in 1975 Pinsky became Concordia's first Dean of Fine Arts.<ref name=Reminisce/>

His students included [Mary Pratt](/source/Mary_Pratt_(painter))<ref name=GovGen>[http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4970 Official portrait of the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson to be unveiled at Rideau Hall (ANNEX A: Biography of Mary Pratt)]; published February 13, 2007; retrieved January 5, 2016</ref> and [Joan Rankin](/source/Joan_Rankin).<ref name="HellerHeller2013">{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}</ref>

==Personal life==

In 1945, Pinsky married fellow artist [Ghitta Caiserman](/source/Ghitta_Caiserman-Roth);<ref name=Caiserman>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/caiserman-roth-ghitta Ghitta Caiserman-Roth], by Michael Brown; at the Jewish Women's Archive; retrieved January 5, 2016</ref> they had one daughter, Kathe, but divorced in 1959. He subsequently married fellow artist Claire Hogenkamp.<ref name=Gazette1966>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19660112&id=H5QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZJ8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6972,1865330&hl=en Sculptress Finds Art Unbreakable], by Diane Turner, in the [Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette) (via [Google News](/source/Google_News)); published January 12, 1966; retrieved January 6, 2016</ref>

==Honors==
Every year, Concordia University awards the Alfred Pinsky Medal to the highest-ranking student graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.<ref name=ConcordiaConvocation>[https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/offices/registrar/docs/calendar/15-16/sec25.pdf Convocation Medals and Prizes], at Concordia University; retrieved January 6, 2016</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://kingmisha.blogspot.com/2009/04/moving-forward-in-time-briefly.html Blog post by Claire Hogenkamp, remembering her marriage to Pinsky]

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