Samuel Borenstein
Samuel Borenstein
1908 - 1969
CAS QMG
The Canadian Expressionist painter Samuel Borenstein has been compared to Marc Chagall and Vincent Van Gogh, with occasional touches of surrealism appearing in his work. Born in Lithuania in 1908, Borenstein immigrated to Canada in 1921 and lived all his life in Montreal. From his beloved home, he painted the people and places of his world with joyous exuberance, wild brushwork, bold colours and an ability to capture movement and feeling in his subjects. He was a gestural painter, and a master of working directly with a palette knife heavily laden with paint. He painted landscapes, cityscapes and street scenes, florals and still life, as well as portraiture and figurative works, working directly from his subjects. He sought to paint the feelings of things, responding to weather, personal relationships and emotions in a palpable way. His work is personal but not private, humanist and universal. Self-taught, he overcame poverty and a disapproving father to become a dedicated painter who produced hundreds of works in his forty-year career. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, with whom he exhibited.
Borenstein did not find critical or monetary success during his lifetime, but since his death he has been widely collected and is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the National Portrait Gallery. In his home province, he is represented in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Museé du Quebec. His life and work was the subject of a touring retrospective organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2005, which brought him a much wider scope of attention. He is the subject of two books: Borenstein: His Life and Work by William Kuhns and Leo Rosshandler, and Sam Borenstein by Loren Lerner. His daughter Joyce Borenstein, a filmmaker and artist, created an animated short film on his life in 1991 titled Colours of my Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein. The film won nine international awards including a Genie Award and was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Ste-Agathe by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $93,600
Samuel Borenstein
Ste-Agathe
34 x 42 in, 86.3 x 106.7 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 45 000 $ - 65 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 93 600 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fall 2010 - 1st Session, jeudi, 25 novembre 2010
Street in Ste-Agathe by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $76,050
Samuel Borenstein
Street in Ste-Agathe
32 1/8 x 38 in, 81.6 x 96.5 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 40 000 $ - 60 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 76 050 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fall 2009 - 1st Session, jeudi, 26 novembre 2009
Sunflowers by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $57,500
Samuel Borenstein
Sunflowers
40 x 30 in, 101.6 x 76.2 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 25 000 $ - 35 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 57 500 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fine Canadian Art Spring 2008, jeudi, 22 mai 2008
Summer by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $54,625
Samuel Borenstein
Summer
20 1/4 x 32 in, 51.4 x 81.3 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 25 000 $ - 30 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 54 625 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2007, vendredi, 23 novembre 2007
Street Scene by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $46,800
Samuel Borenstein
Street Scene
18 x 24 in, 45.7 x 61 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 15 000 $ - 20 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 46 800 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Spring 2011 - 1st Session, mardi, 17 mai 2011
Shawbridge by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $46,000
Samuel Borenstein
Shawbridge
24 x 30 in, 61 x 76.2 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 18 000 $ - 22 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 46 000 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fine Canadian Art Spring 2008, jeudi, 22 mai 2008
Still Life by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $43,125
Samuel Borenstein
Still Life
28 x 22 in, 71.1 x 55.9 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 15 000 $ - 20 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 43 125 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2007, vendredi, 23 novembre 2007
Summer, Ste-Agathe by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $40,950
Samuel Borenstein
Summer, Ste-Agathe
18 x 24 in, 45.7 x 61 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 15 000 $ - 20 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 40 950 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Spring 2010 - 1st Session, mercredi, 26 mai 2010
Prevost, Laurentians, PQ by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $38,350
Samuel Borenstein
Prevost, Laurentians, PQ
34 x 42 1/4 in, 86.3 x 107.3 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 15 000 $ - 20 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 38 350 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Spring 2016 - 1st Session, mercredi, 25 mai 2016
Lac Paquin, PQ by Samuel Borenstein vendu pour $35,100
Samuel Borenstein
Lac Paquin, PQ
15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in, 40 x 50.2 cm
huile sur panneau
Estimation : 10 000 $ - 15 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 35 100 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fall 2008 - 1st Session, mercredi, 19 novembre 2008