Henry Orenstein (painter)

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Henry Orenstein is a Canadian artist: easel paintings, murals and set design. He was mention in Barry Lord's The History of Painting in Canada: Toward a People's Art (NC Press, 1974. 253 p. illus., col. plates). He was a painter before going on to being a designer for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Halifax.

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• Ian Orenstein, Henry's nephew, is a New Democratic Party politician who ran for mayor in 1978 in memory of his father. In 1986, he challenged Bob Rae for leader of the New Democratic Party of Ontario.

• Sarah Orenstein (Dora Award Winner) is the youngest of Henry's five daughters. She played a sharp-tongued feminist filmmaker in Brad Fraser's dark comedy, Cold Meat Party (2003).

• Oscar Orenstein is Henry's older brother. Who was also an artist.

• Joan Orenstein the Canadian actress is Henry's wife. One of her major roles was in The Hanging Garden. She played the dotty old grandmother, Grace. She has acted across Canada but has mostly acted for Halifax's Neptune Theatre.

[edit] External links

• "The Box Produced by Henry Orenstein for the CBC, 1961." see Bibliography Excerpted from Clary Croft's Biography on Helen Creighton [1]

• Henry Orenstein : the talk of the town. [Halifax, 1998] [7] p., illus. Guest Curator : Mora Dianne O'Neill. “June 1998 - January 1999” D*[2]

• Journal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1948. Title: Fur Shop Triptych Work installed at Plug-In Gallery and at Western Glove Works, 555 Logan."[3] Bio on Orenstein

• "Visual artists in Canada such as Jack Chambers, Frederick Taylor, Paraskeva Clark and Henry Orenstein depicted the working class with dignity and strength." [4]