Joe Rosenthal (sculptor)

Joe Rosenthal RCA (1921 – July 1, 2018) was a Canadian artist. He travelled and sketched in the Northwest Territories, Mexico, Cuba, England, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists.

Joe Rosenthal
Born	1921 Chișinău, Romania (now Moldova)
Died	July 1, 2018 (aged 97)
Nationality	Canadian
Education	Ontario College of Art
Known for	artist
Movement	figurative sculptures

Early years

Rosenthal was born in 1921 in Romania (now Moldova). He emigrated to Canada in 1927. From 1942 to 1945, he served in the Canadian Army. He studied at the Ontario College of Art.^[1]

Legacy

He was awarded recognition by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canada Council, and the Toronto Outdoor Exhibition. He won first prize in the National Open Sculpture Competition for the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Monument. He was awarded The Rabin International Presentation Sculpture, Los Angeles, 1996. He latterly lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died in July 2018 at the age of 97.^[2]

Family

Rosenthal was the brother-in-law of Ross Dowson and was a member of the Revolutionary Workers' Party until the early 1950s when he was part of a split concerning the group's orientation towards the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. His wife, Joyce Rosenthal, Ross Dowson's sister, was a long-time socialist and an activist in the women's movement, particularly around abortion rights. She co-founded the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Hemophilia Society after discovering that their son was a hemophiliac.

Works

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  Consolation (detail) in Odette Sculpture Park - Windsor, Ontario/Canada^[3]
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  Consolation in Odette Sculpture Park - Windsor, Ontario/Canada
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  Consolation in Odette Sculpture Park - Windsor, Ontario/Canada
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  Neighbours at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto
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  Sun Yat-sen at Riverdale Park East, Toronto