ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Holocaust Memorial/1991 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Ernest Raab Object Type/Medium Sculpture; base/Bronze; granite Subject Victims of the Holocaust (1933-1945) Venue Earl Bales Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem to the City of Toronto Ethno-cultural Community Jewish community Additional [...]
Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section I ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Alexander the Great/1990 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Dion Zachariou Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon Venue Alexander the Great Parkette Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Pan-Macedonian Association [...]
Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section III ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Crucified Again/1989 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Josef Randa Object Type/Medium Statue; sickle; hammer; base/Fiberglass; resin; steel; stone Subject Victims of Communism (1917-1989) Venue Masaryktown Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Masaryk Memorial Institute Ethno-cultural Community [...]
Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section III ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial/1989 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Eldon Garnet (artist commissioned to built and design the Memorial) Francis LeBouthillier (sculptor of the bronze figures) Object Type/Medium Wooden rail trestle; bronze statues; stone Subject Chinese workers who [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year St. Vladimir the Great/1989 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Leo Mol Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Vladimir the Great/St Volodymyr (c. 958-1015), grand prince of Kiev Venue St. Vladimir Institute Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation Ethno-cultural Community Ukrainian community Additional Electronic [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Armenian Genocide Memorial/1985 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Dikran Dakessian Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Pink granite Subject Victims of the Armenian Genocide (1915) Venue 920 Progress Ave, Scarborough, ON Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) & Holy Trinity Apostolic Armenian church Ethno-cultural [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument to Multiculturalism/1985 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Francesco Pirelli Object Type/Medium Sculpture; plinth/Bronze; granite Subject Tribute to Multiculturalism Venue Union Station Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/National Congress of Italian Canadians to the City of Toronto Ethno-cultural Community Italian community Additional Electronic Resources LINK [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Revival/1984 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Arto Tchakmakchian Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Bronze Subject Victims of the Armenian Genocide (1915) Venue St Mary Armenian Apostolic Church Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/St Mary Armenian Apostolic Church Ethno-cultural Community Armenian community Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Pope John Paul II Monument/1984 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Alexander von Svoboda Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject John Paul II (1920-2005), Polish Pope Venue Polish Credit Union Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Pope John Paul II Monument Building Commmittee Inc. Ethno-cultural Community Polish community [...]
Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section III ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Dr. Sun Yat-Sen/1984 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Joe Rosenthal Object Type/Medium Statue; plinth/Bronze; granite Subject Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925), physician, politician and founding father of the Republic of China Venue Riverdale Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Chinese Canadian [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Endre Ady/1984 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Géza Csorba Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Endre Ady (1877-1919), Hungarian poet and humanist Venue Innis College Garden, University of Toronto Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Hungarian Independent Mutual Benefit Federation-Toronto Branch to the University of Toronto Ethno-cultural [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Simon Bolivar/1983 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Arturo Rus Aguilera and Julio César Briceño Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), Venezuelan military and political leader (El Libertador) Venue Trinity Bellwoods Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/The municipality of Caracas, Venezuela, to the City of [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Luís Vaz de Camões/1982 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Joaquim Correia Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Luís Vaz de Camões (1524 or 1525-1580), Portuguese national poet Venue Camões Square Toronto Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Frank Silva Family to the First Portuguese Canadian Club Ethno-cultural Community [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Chalalim (The Slaughtered)/1982 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Ruben Zellermayer Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Bronze Subject Victims of the Holocaust (1933-1945) Venue Lodzer Centre Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Lodzer Centre Ethno-cultural Community Jewish community Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 LINK 2 [...]
Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section II ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Katyn Memorial/1980 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Tadeusz Janowski Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Bronze Subject Katyn Massacre (1940) Venue Beaty Boulevard Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Canadian Polish Congress to the City of Toronto Ethno-cultural Community Polish community Additional Electronic Resources [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Portuguese Monument/1978 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Generic Object Type/Medium Column; cross/Granite; marble Subject Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Portuguese Community in Canada (1953) Venue High Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Portuguese government to the City of Toronto Ethno-cultural Community Portuguese community Additional Electronic Resources [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Norman Bethune/1975 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) John McCombe Reynolds Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian physician & Chinese hero Venue Bethune College, York University Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/International Nickel Company of Canada Limited & C.P. Air to York University Ethno-cultural Community [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Lesya Ukrainka Monument/1975 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Mykhailo Chereshniovsky Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913), Ukrainian poetess and dramatist Venue High Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Women's Council of the Ukrainian Canadian Committee to the City of Toronto Ethno-cultural Community Ukrainian community [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument to Latvian Migration/1969 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Augustus Arnold Kopmanis Object Type/Medium Bas-relief/Stone Subject Latvian Refugees arriving in Canada Venue St. John's Latvian Lutheran Church Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/St. John's Latvian Lutheran Church Ethno-cultural Community Latvian community Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 [...]
ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Memorial to Sir Casimir Gzowski/1968 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Richard D'wonnik and Frederick Dunbar Object Type/Medium Tripodal concrete structure and bronze bust Subject Sir Casimir Gzowski (1813-1898) Canadian engineer, statesman, and military man of Polish descent Venue Casimir Gzowski Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or [...]
