Avrom Isaacs

Avrom Isaacs

Avrom Isaacs (born 1926) is a Canadian art dealer.

Born in Winnipeg, Isaacs graduated with an Honours B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Toronto in 1950. In 1955, he opened The Isaacs Gallery where he represented numerous Canadian artists, including Michael Snow, Graham Goughtry, Gordon Rayner, Jack Chambers, Joyce Wieland, Mark Prent, John Meredith, Robert Markle and Gathie Falk. Isaacs opened the Innuit Gallery in Toronto in 1970. In August 1991 Isaacs consolidated his two galleries to form the Isaacs/Innuit Gallery. The gallery closed in 2001.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate by York University in 1992 and was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

External links

* [http://www.isaacsinnuitgallery.com The Isaacs Gallery & The Isaacs/Innuit Gallery]


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