Alfred Pinsky (March 31, 1921 - November 21, 1999)[1] was a Canadian artist and art educator. He was described as part of the informal Jewish Painters of Montreal group.[2]
During the Second World War, Pinsky served in the Royal Canadian Air Force,[4] and subsequently moved to Nova Scotia;[5] he later returned to Montreal, where he co-founded the Montreal Art School.[5]
In 1960, when 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 to become Concordia University, and in 1975 Pinsky became Concordia's first Dean of Fine Arts.[2]
In 1945, Pinsky married fellow artist Ghitta Caiserman;[8] they had one daughter, Kathe, but divorced in 1959. He subsequently married fellow artist Claire Hogenkamp.[9]
^ abAlfred Pinsky - Residence at the Jewish Museum of Montreal; by Valérie Beauchemin, translated by Helge Dascher; retrieved January 5, 2016
^ abGhitta Caiserman-Roth, in the Encyclopedia Judaica, archived at the Jewish Virtual Library; by Esther Trépanier; published 2008; accessed January 5, 2016
