29 records – page 1 of 2.

Group portrait of Maimonides Geriatric Centre front desk, including Ida Maze and Mollie [Duchow], Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23423
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005467
Date
December 1971
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Date
December 1971
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005467
Notes
Location, event, date and people in photograph identified on verso.
Subjects
Maimonides Geriatric Centre [Montreal, Quebec]
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Exterior portrait, Ida Maze and her mother "Bubbe Bubbe" in St. Sauveur [?]

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67905
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5cm x 13.5cm
Fonds No.
1291; 7; 018277
Date
[ca. 1945]
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5cm x 13.5cm
Date
[ca. 1945]
Fonds No.
1291
Series No.
7
Item No.
018277
Storage Location
JPL
Subjects
Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Exterior snapshot, Ida Maze about to leave the house to wash her clothes. She speaks with her son, Irving Massey.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67906
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 10cm
Fonds No.
1291; 7; 018278
Date
[between 1945 and 1955]
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 10cm
Date
[between 1945 and 1955]
Fonds No.
1291
Series No.
7
Item No.
018278
Storage Location
JPL
Subjects
Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Massey, Irving
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Exterior snapshot, Ida Maze walking outdoors faced away from the camera.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67907
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 9.8cm
Fonds No.
1291; 7; 018279
Date
[between 1945 and 1955]
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 9.8cm
Date
[between 1945 and 1955]
Fonds No.
1291
Series No.
7
Item No.
018279
Storage Location
JPL
Subjects
Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Exterior snapshot, view of Ida Maze, undressed, washing clothing in lake.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67908
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 9.8cm
Fonds No.
1291; 7; 018280
Date
[between 1945 and 1955]
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 9.8cm
Date
[between 1945 and 1955]
Fonds No.
1291
Series No.
7
Item No.
018280
Storage Location
JPL
Subjects
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Exterior group portrait, Rita Briansky, Mr. Paul and Ida Maze on winter walk.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67913
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5cm
Fonds No.
1291; 7; 018285
Date
1944
Scope and Content
Inscribed verso : Rita, Mr. Paul, Mrs Massey, Mt. Ruienne [illegible] / Mar / 44
Collection
Rita Briansky Fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5cm
Scope and Content
Inscribed verso : Rita, Mr. Paul, Mrs Massey, Mt. Ruienne [illegible] / Mar / 44
Date
1944
Fonds No.
1291
Series No.
7
Item No.
018285
Storage Location
JPL
Subjects
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Group portrait, including Ida Maze (centre, with flowers), Workmen's Circle School, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23124
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 17 x 12 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005166
Date
November 10, 1942
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 17 x 12 cm
Date
November 10, 1942
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005166
Notes
Person in photograph identified on verso.
"Meco" sticker attached to verso.
Copy 1 of 2
Subjects
Workmen's Circle [Montreal] -- School.
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Flowers.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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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
Subjects
Briansky, Rita. 1925 -
Artists
Fine Arts
Drawings
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
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Ida Maze Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44542
Collection
Ida Maze Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1.86 linear metres
Fonds No.
1090
Date
1927-c1962
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of three series: literary work, biographical materials and correspondence. The latter being the most significant section of the fonds, arranged alphabetically by author and consisting mainly of in-coming correspondence to Maze.
Collection
Ida Maze Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1.86 linear metres
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of three series: literary work, biographical materials and correspondence. The latter being the most significant section of the fonds, arranged alphabetically by author and consisting mainly of in-coming correspondence to Maze.
Date
1927-c1962
Fonds No.
1090
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Ida (nee Zhukovsky) Maze was born in Olgi, near Minsk, White Russia on July 9, 1893. Her family first immigrated in 1907 to the United States, moving next to Toronto and finally settling in Montreal in 1908. There Maze met and married her true love, Alexander Massey, whose name had been anglicized from Maze upon his own immigration. Maze began her literary activities with the writing of lyric poems. The majority of her poetry was written for children. Maze was also a writer of essays and stories that appeared in many journals and newspapers all over the world. Her book "A Mame" was published in 1931, followed by "Lieder far Kinder" (1936), "Naye Lieder" (1941), and "Vaksn Mine Kinderlekh" (1954). The book "Dina" appeared in Montreal in 1970. Maze was active in various cultural activities and was a leader of the vibrant Yiddish cultural activities in Montreal. She was often found in the Jewish Public Library during literary events. Maze also devoted Saturday to presenting a story time to the children of that same Library. Maze is best remembered, however, for the kind sustaining encouragement she provided at her "salons." Struggling poets, authors, and artists as well as already-established names of the Yiddish literary world were found with regularity at Maze's literary salons. In her apartment, situated on Esplanade Avenue, Maze and her guests would critique and discuss each other's work and the state of literature. This kindness also extended to assistance in finding jobs and homes for immigrant poets. Her approachability and strength shown to other earned her the name, "Mother to Yiddish Poets".
Language
Yiddish
English
Finding Aid
Complete finding aid available, please contact the Jewish Public Library Archives directly for more information.
Subjects
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Yiddish
Writers, Yiddish
Poetry
Poets, Canadian
Poets, Yiddish
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Less detail

Group portrait of Ida Maze and Rochl Korn, possibly on Esplanade Street.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn18868
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 7 x 11.5 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 000807
Date
195?
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 7 x 11.5 cm
Date
195?
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
000807
Notes
Yiddish script on verso.
Subjects
Korn, Rochl
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Less detail

Rochl Korn standing with Bebe and Paul Trepman, Ida Maze and Melech Ravitch outside of a building with the address 4409 in summer.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn73444
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 7.5 x 11.5 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 017722
Date
[1950?]
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 7.5 x 11.5 cm
Date
[1950?]
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
017722
Notes
Left to right: Melech Ravitch, Ida Mazer, ?, Rochl Korn, Paul Trepman, Bebe Trepman
Subjects
Korn, Rochl
Trepman, Paul.
Trepman, Bebe
Ravitch, Melech.
Mazer, Ida
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Less detail

Rochl Korn standing outside with Ida Mazer.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn73446
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 017724
Date
1949
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Date
1949
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
017724
Notes
Names of subject written on verso.
Name Access
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Subjects
Korn, Rochl
Mazer, Ida
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
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Portrait of Ida Maze, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23116
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 20 x 25 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005158
Date
c.1962
Scope and Content
Photograph used in "Montreal Star" on June 28, 1962. Donated by Montreal Holocaust centre, December 8, 1998
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph used in "Montreal Star" on June 28, 1962. Donated by Montreal Holocaust centre, December 8, 1998
Responsibility
Richard Arless, Press and Publicity Photographer, Montreal.
Date
c.1962
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005158
Notes
Portrait clipped from newspaper attached to verso.
"Richard Arless" stamp on verso.
"Montreal Star" stamp on verso.
Person in photograph identified on verso.
Subjects
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Less detail

Portrait of Rita Briansky's portrait of Ida Maze.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23117
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 15 x 10 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005159
Date
n.d.
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 15 x 10 cm
Date
n.d.
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005159
Notes
Artist and person in portrait identified on verso.
Subjects
Briansky, Rita.
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Portrait of Rita Briansky's portrait of Ida Maze.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23118
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005160
Date
n.d.
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Date
n.d.
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005160
Notes
Artist and person in portrait identified on verso.
Subjects
Briansky, Rita.
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Portrait of Rita Briansky's portrait of Ida Maze.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23119
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005161
Date
n.d.
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Date
n.d.
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005161
Notes
Copy 1 of 3
Artist and person in portrait identified on verso.
Subjects
Briansky, Rita.
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Portrait of Rita Briansky's portrait of Ida Maze.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23120
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005162
Date
n.d.
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Date
n.d.
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005162
Notes
Copy 2 of 3
Artist and person in portrait identified on verso.
Subjects
Briansky, Rita.
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Less detail

Portrait of Rita Briansky's portrait of Ida Maze.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23121
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005163
Date
n.d.
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 10 x 15 cm
Date
n.d.
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005163
Notes
Copy 3 of 3
Artist and person in portrait identified on verso.
Subjects
Briansky, Rita.
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Portrait of drawing of Ida Maze reading to children, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23122
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 17.5 x 15.5 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005164
Date
n.d.
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 17.5 x 15.5 cm
Date
n.d.
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005164
Notes
Event and location identified on verso.
Copy 1 of 2
Piece missing from lower, left-centre of photograph.
Photo colour: sepia toned.
Subjects
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Portrait of drawing of Ida Maze reading to children, Jewish Public Library, Montreal.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23123
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
Fonds No.
1255; 005165
Date
June 5, 1970.
Collection
Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w; 25 x 20 cm
Date
June 5, 1970.
Fonds No.
1255
Item No.
005165
Notes
Piece missing from right centre edge.
Event and location identified on verso.
Copy 2 of 2
Subjects
Maze, Ida, 1893-1962.
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
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