Charles Bronfman’s Claridge Collection Auction: Part VI: Fine Art

April 21, 2015

LOT 298

Lot 298

DOROTHY GROSTERN (1940 - )

DOROTHY GROSTERN (1940 - )
Lot 298 Details
DOROTHY GROSTERN (1940 - )

SLEEPING CAT

MIXED MEDIA; SIGNED AND DATED 86 LOWER RIGHT
41.25" x 29.5" — 104.8 x 74.9 cm.

Estimate $600-$1,000

Realised: $720
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Purchased directly from the artist

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DOROTHY GROSTERN (1940 - )

Born in London, England, in 1940, Dorothy Grostern emigrated to Canada with her family in 1954. She attended Sir George Williams University, then studied painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture at the Saidye Bronfman Centre School of the Arts, where she eventually became an assistant in the printmaking department. For the next 16 years she taught advanced life drawing at the SBC.

Grostern has had an active artistic career for more than 30 years, during which she has exhibited in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, as well as Brazil and Taiwan. She has had many solo shows in Montreal and Toronto and has participated in numerous group and juried exhibitions. Her most recent solo exhibition, My House Has Many Rooms, was held in 2014, at the E.K. Voland Art Center in Montreal, Quebec.

Grostern’s work is part of several public and private collections, includingf the Musée du Québec. She has received several awards and prizes, and her work has been reviewed a number of times in Vie des Arts, a leading arts publication in Quebec. In 2013, Grostern published a book, a type of visual narrative, which integrates handwritten words with many of her paintings, drawings, and sketches. The book is titled My House Has Many Rooms. She has been a member of the Society of Canadian Artists since 1999. Grostern lives and works in Montreal, Quebec.

Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

Burnaby Art Gallery, BC
Cabo Frio Museum, Brazil
Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
La Ville de Verdun, QC
Ministry of Cultural Communities & Immigration, QC
Musée du Québec, Quebec City, AC


Selected Solo Exhibits

2014 My House Has Many Rooms, Centre d’art E.K. Voland, Montreal, QC
2012 3C Gallery, Montreal
2007 A Time of Innocence, Beaux Arts David Astrof, Thomson House, Montreal
2004 Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
2001 Galerie d'art Jean-Claude-Bergeron, Ottawa
2000 Galerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Centre Culturel, Ville de Verdun
1997 Gallery 89, CEGEP John Abbott College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
1996 Glendon Gallery, Glendon College, York University, Toronto
1995 Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal
1993 Galerie S Space enSemble, Montreal
1986 Galerie Stilnovo, Montreal
1984 Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal

Selected Group Exhibits

2012 3C Gallery, Montreal, QC
2010 Intimate Treasures, Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009 Art Gallery of Hamilton, SCA Members' Exhibition, ON
2007 Galerie V, Montreal, QC
2006 Society of Canadian Artists, 39th Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2005 Society of Canadian Artists, 38th Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2004 Society of Canadian Artists, 37th Open Juried Exhibition, Montreal, QC
2003 Hummingbird Centre, Toronto, ON
2003 John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
Les Femmeuses, Montreal, QC
2002 Dorota's Choice II, Corpus, Montreal, QC
Perspectives 2000", Mississauga, ON
Les Femmeuses 2000, Montreal, QC
1999 Galerie d'Art David Astrof, Montreal, QC
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
Galerie de la Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC
1998 Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC
Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
The Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
"Perspectives 98", Montreal, QC
1995 Galerie S Space enSemble, Montreal, QC
Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC
1993 Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, QC
Gallery Three, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC
Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, QC
1992 Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, QC
Art Sales & Rental Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, QC
Maison de la Culture, Côte des Neiges, Montreal, QC
The Art Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC
The Brandstater Gallery, Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA
1991 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1990 Vav Gallery, Concordia University Women's Centre & Faculty of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
1989 Galerie Franklin Silverstone, Montreal, QC
1988 Galerie Trois, Montreal, QC
1986 Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
1986 Place du Parc, Montreal, QC
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC
Galerie Judith Jasmin, Montreal, QC
Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, ON
Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe Claire, QC
Pratt Graphics Centre, New York, NY
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1984 Clark Arts Centre Gallery, Rockford, IL
International Art Competition, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Awards

2009 Award of Merit - SCA Members Exhibition, Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON
2005 2nd place - SCA Award of Excellence, Toronto, ON
2004 SCA Golden Artist Award - SCA National Juried Exhibition, Montreal, QC
1998 Edith Baron Family Award, The Pastel Society of America 26th Annual Exhibition
1991 Honorable Mention, Maryland Pastel Society's National Juried Exhibition
1986 Purchase Award, Clarkson-Gordon, Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby, BC Purchase Award, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby Print Show, Burnaby, BC
1985 Award of Merit for a work in Mixed Media, Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, ON


Selected Links

dorothygrostern.com

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