CV of Stanley Lewis, sculptor and printmaker
Born March 28th 1930 in Montreal
Studies
1949-53: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design, with Dr. Arthur Lismer
1953-55: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
1956-59: Atelier of Maestro V. Gambacciani, Florence, Italy.
1963-65: Ein Hod Artists' Colony, Israel
Solo Exhibitions
1950: YMCA Montreal
Stone lithography and drawings
1952: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Sculpture
1953: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Stone lithography from Mexican period
1955: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Drawings from Mexican period
1959: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Lifesize marble copy of Michelangelo’s Tondo Pitti, carved in Florence
1960: Gallery Here and Now, Toronto
Sculpture
1960: Galerie Dresdnere, Montreal
Sculpture
1961: Galerie Libre, Montreal
First black and white stone-cut prints
1962: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1963: Le Centre d’Art du Mont-Royal, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1964: Galerie Libre, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints (first exhibition of multi-colour stone-cut prints produced
in Israel)
1965: Israel Art Auction Gallery, Tel Aviv
Stone-cut prints under the patronage of Canadian Embassy in Israel
1965: The Art Den, Montreal.
Stone-cut prints.
1966: Galerie Moos, Montreal
Sculpture
1967: Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal
Stone-cut prints
1968: L’Auberge du Vieux St-Gabriel, Montreal
Stone-cut prints: “Man and Air Pollution”
1969: Saidye Brofman Centre, Montreal
Sculpture
1971: National Gallery of Ottawa, Ottawa
Stone-cut prints and woodcut prints
1971: Palais des Arts Terre des Hommes, Montreal
Stone-cut prints “Celestial Light.”
1971: Galerie Bienvenue, Montreal
Sculpture
1974: Le Centre d’Art du Mont-Royal, Montreal
Stone-cut prints. “The Age of Violence.”
1974: Cummings House, Montreal
Drawings produced in Israel while observing the Yom Kippur war in situ at the Golan
Heights (Syria)
1975: Atelier J. Lukacs, Montreal
Sculpture and stone-cut prints
1976: Atelier J.Lukacs, Montreal
Sculpture
1976: Galerie d’Art Artemus, Montreal
Retrospective “Drawings 1950-1974”
1978: Galerie Libre, Montreal
Lino-cut entitled “Tree Sprit” carved in situ, Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock area.
1982: Le Centre d’Art, Montreal
Stone-cut prints
1988: La Galerie d’Arts Contemporains, Montreal
Sculpture and Coloured Drawings
1992: Westmount Square
In commemoration of Montreal’s 350th anniversary, Sculpture
1997: Place Ville-Maire, Montreal
Multi-media sculpture entitled “The Flood and Rebirth.”
2022: Riverbrink Art Museum, Niagara-on-the-Lake
The Spirit Within the Form: Stanley Lewis (stonecut prints)
Group Exhibitions
1953: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Stone lithography and Sculpture
1954: Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Stone lithography and Sculpture
1958: Galerie del Ariete, Milan, Italy
Sculpture
1959: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Gallery 12
Three years of marble carving created in Florence
1963: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Galerie de l’Etable
As founding member of L’Association des Sculpteurs du Quebec
1970: Musee Rodin, Paris
Marble sculpture: “The Adolescent.”
1976: Yale University
(with American artists Frank Stella, Robert Motherwell….)
1992: Musee du Quebec
(La Sculpture au Quebec 1946-1961)
Awards and Distinctions
1949: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design
Scholarship in painting
1950: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and Design
Scholarship in sculpture and graphics
1952- 1954- Istituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Postgraduate scholarships to study stone sculpture and stone lithography
1956-1958- Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation
Three consecutive scholarships to study stone sculpture in Florence
1959: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
Concours artistique. Purchase prize: sculpture for permanent collection
1960: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
National Art and Photography Exhibition.
Prize for sculpture
1962: Musee du Quebec, Quebec
National Art and Photography Exhibition.
Prize for stone-cut
1963: Canadian Jewish Congress
Travel grant to Israel to create stone-cuts illustration “The Ten Commandments” using Jerusalem stone slabs.
1966: Creates bronze of Samuel Bronfman.
1974: Canadian Jewish Congress.
Travel grant to Israel (war artist documenting the Yom Kipper War)
1980s: Received recognition for advancing techniques – Institute of Leonardo da Vinci, Florence.
Entry in Who’s Who in American Jewry
Entry in Art and Antiques
500 prints bought for Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec
Posthumously
2006: Homage to Stanley Lewis. Back to Roots. Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal
2009: Sherbrooke Museum
2009: Kitchener Museum