Meyer Ryshpan (1898–1985) was a Canadian

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Biography and career

Rhyspan was born in

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, on 14 September 1898. He emigrated to the United States in 1906 and worked on his father's farm for eight years until 1922. He moved to Canada in 1933 and became a painter of genre scenes in Montreal. He was also known for his etchings, some of which were done in colour. Between 1934 and 1947, Ryshpan exhibited twenty-one works at the

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annual spring exhibitions. In 1944 and 1946, he took part in exhibitions sponsored by the Young Men and Women's Hebrew Associations. In 1955, he was part of a group exhibition at the

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store in Montreal. Ryshpan had a 1958 retrospective at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal, consisting of eighty oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, and etchings. Robert Ayre of the ''

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'' considered his drawings and watercolours to be superior to his oils, and that he was at his best depicting people. Ryshpan died on 6 January 1985 in Montreal.

Personal life

His wife Daisy Shlefstein was also a painter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryshpan, Meyer 1898 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian landscape painters Artists from Congress Poland Artists from Montreal Jewish Canadian painters Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent Polish emigrants to Canada People from Radomsko County