What is Sorel Etrog?
{{Infobox artist | bgcolour = | name = Sorel Etrog | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|8|29|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Iaşi, Romania | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|02|26|1933|8|29|mf=yes}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario | nationality = Canadian | field = Sculpture, painting, writing, book illustration | training = Institute of Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv; Brooklyn Museum of Art | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = [[Order of Canada]], [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] }} '''Sorel Etrog''', [[Order of Canada|CM]] (August 29, 1933 &ndash; February 26, 2014) was a [[Romania]]n-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] artist, writer and [[philosopher]]. He is best known for his work as a [[sculpture|sculptor]]. In 1966, works by Etrog, [[Alex Colville]] and [[Yves Gaucher (artist)|Yves Gaucher]] represented Canada at the [[Venice Biennale]].<ref name=NGC_Venice>{{cite web|title=Past Canadian Exhibitions|work=National Gallery of Canada at the Venice Biennale|url=http://www.gallery.ca/venice/80.htm|publisher=National Gallery of Canada|accessdate=12 October 2013|archive-date=13 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013125245/http://www.gallery.ca/venice/80.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He died from [[prostate cancer]] in [[Toronto]]. He was aged 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2014/02/26/sorel_etrog_towering_figure_in_canadian_modern_art_dies_at_80.html|title=Sorel Etrog, towering figure in Canadian Modern art, dies at 80|work=The Toronto Star}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *{{IMDb name|3000276}} * [http://www.gallerymoos.com/artindex.html Sorel Etrog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927182144/http://gallerymoos.com/artindex.html |date=2013-09-27 }} at [[Gallery Moos Toronto]] * [http://www.artnet.com/ag/fulltex