Henry Orenstein (painter)

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Henry Orenstein (1918–2008) was a Canadian artist, specializing in easel paintings, murals and set design. He was mentioned in Barry Lord's The History of Painting in Canada: Toward a People's Art. He went on to become a set designer for the CBC in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Family

He was married to Joan Orenstein, a noted Canadian actress; he had five daughters. Sarah Orenstein (a Dora Award Winner), his youngest daughter, played a sharp-tongued feminist filmmaker in Brad Fraser's dark comedy, Cold Meat Party (2003).

External links

"The Box"
"Henry Orenstein: the talk of the town"
excerpt from the Journal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (1948).
Orenstein biodata

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Name	Orenstein, Henry
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Short description	Canadian artist
Date of birth	1918
Place of birth
Date of death	2008
Place of death

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