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Rita Briansky Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67779
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1.0m of textual documents ; 54 sketchbooks ; 1623 photographs ; 3 audio cassettes
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Date
- 1910 - 2011 [predominant 1950 to 2000]
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains documentation, professional and working materials of Rita Briansky’s many projects and works. The fonds consists of textual records, including correspondence, selections of the artist’s writing; graphic material, including sketchbooks and photographic documentation of…
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1.0m of textual documents ; 54 sketchbooks ; 1623 photographs ; 3 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains documentation, professional and working materials of Rita Briansky’s many projects and works. The fonds consists of textual records, including correspondence, selections of the artist’s writing; graphic material, including sketchbooks and photographic documentation of her work; audio recordings of Rita Briansky’s interviews and reviews; newspaper clippings, bibliographic reference publications and articles citing the artist’s work.
- Date
- 1910 - 2011 [predominant 1950 to 2000]
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Rita Briansky
- History / Biographical
- Rita Briansky, painter, printmaker-etcher and teacher, was born in 1925 in Grajewo, Poland. Together with her mother and two sisters, Bella and Becky, the family moved to Ansonville, Ontario in 1929. Here, they joined Briansky’s father and uncle, Jake Perlmutter, and his family in Ansonville, which at the time had a small Jewish community. In 1939, the family moved to Val d’Or, Quebec and finally to Montreal in 1941. Then in her mid-teens, Rita Briansky was a keen student who nourished a continued interest in art. With the move to Montreal, the Briansky Family struggled financially and was unable to afford the fee for Rita’s high school education. It was the Yiddish poet Ida Massey who found Rita a job so she would be able to pay for her schooling. This encouragement served as the beginning of a valuable friendship, as well as helping foster Briansky’s artistic career. Massey later introduced Rita to Alexander Berkowitz who at the time was giving art classes at the St. Urbain Street ‘Y’. Her training and experience quickly expanded, taking the young artist through Montreal’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts and New York’s Arts Student League. In 1949, Rita married fellow painter, Joseph Prezament.The couple had two children together, Anna and Wendy. Briansky’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions both in Canada and internationally. Her body of work is diverse in both theme and subject matter, reflecting her interests in fields such as astronomy and the natural world, while remaining deeply rooted in her own experiences. Following her travels to her birth place and memorial sites in Poland in 1995, Briansky produced the ‘Kaddish series’ as her reflection on the trauma of the Holocaust. Other series have broadly used landscape, portraiture and still lifes as a passionate response to the world around her and that speak fundamentally to the human condition. Briansky has participated in multiple collaborative projects, for example the children's book “On Stage, Please” with dancer/ choreographer Veronica Tennant. Briansky is long-established within Montreal’s art community working and living alongside a tight-knit group of artists. In addition, she has worked as teacher, both of art history and studio arts. Briansky’s artistic practice has won her multiple awards and her work is included in the permanent collections of institutions such as the National Gallery in Ottawa, the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
- Language
- English
- French
- Yiddish
- Custodial History
- The material was donated by Rita Briansky in August 2012.
- Arrangement
- Textual material in Series 2 through 4 was given an imposed order as no discernable original order could be identified. The graphic material in Series 3, 6 and 7 were vetted for duplicates, though otherwise maintain the order given by the artist.
- Notes
- Selected images from Series 1,6 and 7 have been digitized and are available to researchers upon request.
- Access Restrictions
- Privacy restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply. For queries please contact Head of Archives, Shannon Hodge: shannon.hodge@jplmontreal.org
- Finding Aid
- Detailed finding aid available, file level control
- Accession No.
- 12-015
- Name Access
- Briansky, Rita
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Sketchbooks.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67780
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 54 sketchbooks
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 1
- Date
- 1949-1996
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of various sketchbooks produced by Rita Briansky. The material spans a number of decades and contains illustrations and studies of her subjects, some of which are included in larger works. The images included are drawn in pen and ink, graphite, colour pastel and pencil. Many of…
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 54 sketchbooks
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of various sketchbooks produced by Rita Briansky. The material spans a number of decades and contains illustrations and studies of her subjects, some of which are included in larger works. The images included are drawn in pen and ink, graphite, colour pastel and pencil. Many of these books cover specific trips and themes, or relate to a specific series of the artist’s work.
- Date
- 1949-1996
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 1
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Rita Briansky
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence (Professional).
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67781
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.09m of textual documents
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 2
- Date
- 1949 to 2012
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of professional correspondence predominantly addressed to Rita Briansky. Arranged chronologically, it includes multiple references to the shows she has participated in, the sale of her work and rights and reproduction. It includes correspondence with a number of national and pr…
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.09m of textual documents
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of professional correspondence predominantly addressed to Rita Briansky. Arranged chronologically, it includes multiple references to the shows she has participated in, the sale of her work and rights and reproduction. It includes correspondence with a number of national and provincial institutions and galleries. Some correspondence also mentions her involvement with activities that would be considered outside of her artistic career.
- Date
- 1949 to 2012
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 2
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Language
- English French
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Biographical material and artist's presentations.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67782
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.08m of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 3
- Date
- 1959-2011
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of both graphic and textual material on the artist's work used in presentations given by the artist. It includes both speech notes and photographic slides related to these presentations. While most of this material reflects directly on the career and life of Rita Briansky, she…
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.08m of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of both graphic and textual material on the artist's work used in presentations given by the artist. It includes both speech notes and photographic slides related to these presentations. While most of this material reflects directly on the career and life of Rita Briansky, she also gave lectures regarding the history of Jewish art and works that reflects on experiences of the Holocaust.
- Date
- 1959-2011
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 3
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Rita Briansky
- Name Access
- Briansky, Rita
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Publicity and reviews.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67783
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.13m of textual material; 3 audio cassettes
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 4
- Date
- 1953-2011
- Scope and Content
- This series contains newspaper articles, clippings and audio interviews, chronicling the career and works of Rita Briansky. The material is taken from a number of Canadian media outlets, many of which are based in Montreal. It includes gallery invitations produced for exhibitions of the artist's wo…
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.13m of textual material; 3 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- This series contains newspaper articles, clippings and audio interviews, chronicling the career and works of Rita Briansky. The material is taken from a number of Canadian media outlets, many of which are based in Montreal. It includes gallery invitations produced for exhibitions of the artist's work.
- Date
- 1953-2011
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 4
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Language
- English French
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Bibliographical reference publications.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67784
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.7m textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 5
- Date
- 1951-2010
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of exhibition publications, historical surveys, journals and fictional works that either include or reference the work of Rita Briansky. The titles are included in her archival fonds as no comprehensive retrospective of the artist exists to date.
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.7m textual material
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of exhibition publications, historical surveys, journals and fictional works that either include or reference the work of Rita Briansky. The titles are included in her archival fonds as no comprehensive retrospective of the artist exists to date.
- Date
- 1951-2010
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 5
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Language
- English French
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Portfolios and documentation of works.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67785
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 0.26m of photographic material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 6
- Date
- 1942-2012
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of printed and photographic documentation of Rita Briansky’s works. It includes b&w and colour photographs, digital print-outs of both paintings and etchings, copies of the artist’s CV’s and portfolio documentation. Some images record the installation of indiv…
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 0.26m of photographic material
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of printed and photographic documentation of Rita Briansky’s works. It includes b&w and colour photographs, digital print-outs of both paintings and etchings, copies of the artist’s CV’s and portfolio documentation. Some images record the installation of individual shows. While the included material covers many of the artist's series, the images are not necessarily organized to the particular themes in her work.
- Date
- 1942-2012
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 6
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Photographs (Portraits).
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67786
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 0.24m of photographic material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 7
- Date
- 1910-2005
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of both photographs and negatives from Briansky’s childhood, as well as her artistic career and in particular, her working process. It includes portraits of the artist and her family, in addition to images of the arts community she works within.
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 0.24m of photographic material
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of both photographs and negatives from Briansky’s childhood, as well as her artistic career and in particular, her working process. It includes portraits of the artist and her family, in addition to images of the arts community she works within.
- Date
- 1910-2005
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 7
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Artist's portfolio.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67787
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 4; 00001
- Date
- 1968 - 1997
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1968 - 1997
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 4
- File No.
- 00001
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Language
- English French
- Notes
- This file conatains a chronological collection of exhibition invitations labelled and assembled by the artist.
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Artists.
- Painters
- Fine Arts
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Artist's portfolio.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67788
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs ; colour
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 6; 00002
- Date
- [ca. 1991]
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs ; colour
- Date
- [ca. 1991]
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 6
- File No.
- 00002
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Rita Briansky
- Notes
- This file consists of photographic documentation of the artist's paintings, including the name and size of the work, as arranged by the artist.
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Books reviews.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67789
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 3; 00005
- Date
- 1999 - 2011
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Date
- 1999 - 2011
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 3
- File No.
- 00005
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file consists of book reviews and notes written by Rita Briansky. It includes the introduction of Rabbi Benjamin Blech for his Norman Berman Memorial Lecture in 2009 held at the Jewish Public Library.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Painting reproductions.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67790
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- I file of digital prints
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 6; 00003
- Date
- [between 1990 and 2010]
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- I file of digital prints
- Date
- [between 1990 and 2010]
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 6
- File No.
- 00003
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- The files includes digital print-outs of Rita Briansky's paintings, including notes with their title and size.
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence regarding Norman Bethune painting.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67791
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual and graphic material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 2; 00004
- Date
- 1955
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual and graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 2
- File No.
- 00004
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file consists of correspondence regarding the response to Briansky's painting of Norman Bethune which had been exhibited in China. It also includes documentation of the work. See also pr018306.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Exhibition publicity.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67792
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 4; 00006
- Date
- 1993 - 2011
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Date
- 1993 - 2011
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 4
- File No.
- 00006
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file consists of gallery invitations and exhibition publicity produced for both individual and group shows.
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Fine Arts
- Artists
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Exhibition publicity.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67793
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 4; 00007
- Date
- 1982 - 1999
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Date
- 1982 - 1999
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 4
- File No.
- 00007
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file consists of gallery invitations and exhibition publicity produced for both individual and group shows.
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Artists
- Fine Arts
- Painting
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Exhibition publicity.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67794
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 4; 00008
- Date
- 1959 - 1967
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Date
- 1959 - 1967
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 4
- File No.
- 00008
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file consists of gallery invitations, exhibition publicity and catalogues produced for both individual and group shows.
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Artists
- Fine Arts
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Exhibition publicity.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67795
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 4; 00009
- Date
- 1969 -1978
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Date
- 1969 -1978
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 4
- File No.
- 00009
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file consists of gallery invitations, exhibition publicity and catalogues produced for both individual and group shows.
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Artists
- Painting
- Fine Arts
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Recorded interviews.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67796
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 3 audio cassettes
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 4; 00010
- Date
- 1997 - 1999
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 3 audio cassettes
- Date
- 1997 - 1999
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 4
- File No.
- 00010
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file consists of 3 audio recordings of interviews with Rita Briansky: Rita Briansky on "the Kaddish Series" / Radio interview with Stanley Asher. Radio CBC / Interview with Shelly Pomerantz 18/01/97 On the Kaddish Series Interview - Alabama Public Radio / Jan 29/99 5min / with Joseph Bryant / Kaddish Series
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Fine Arts
- Painting
- Artists
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Exhibition material and poetry, the Kaddish Series
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67797
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual and graphic material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 3; 00011
- Date
- [ca. 1997]
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual and graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1997]
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 3
- File No.
- 00011
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file contains poetry, notes and photographic documentation related to Briansky's Kaddish Series.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Presentation notes, "What is Jewish Art?"
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67798
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1291; 3; 00012
- Date
- 1997
- Collection
- Rita Briansky Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual material
- Date
- 1997
- Fonds No.
- 1291
- Series No.
- 3
- File No.
- 00012
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- This file contains notes for Briansky's presentation on Jewish art, as well as the programme guide for KlezKanada 1997.
- Subjects
- Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
- Fine Arts
- KlezKanada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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