Estelle Hecht
Estelle Hecht (died in 1971) was a Jewish Canadian engraver, painter and gallerist from Montreal, Quebec.[1] She ran the print gallery Gallery 1640 which she founded in 1961.[2] She studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and was trained by drawing professors Jacques de Tonnancour, Arthur Lismer, and Moses "Moe" Reinblatt in engraving.[2][3] She died in the fire that destroyed her art gallery in 1971.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Sabbath, Lawrence (March 1966). "Seven Jewish Women". Congress Bulletin. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ a b Lafleur, Geneviève (2011). Le parcours de formation et les stratégies de diffusion de femmes galeristes à Montréal entre 1941 et 1963: Denyse Delrue, Estelle Hecht, Agnes Lefort et Rose Millman (Thesis) (in French). Université du Québec à Montréal.
- ^ Comeau, André (193). Artistes plasticiens: Canada (Régime français et Conquête), Bas-Canada et le Québec (in French). Bellarmin. ISBN 2890075133.
- ^ F., J. (13 November 1971). "She was an art pioneer in the city". The Gazette (Montréal): 51.
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