Esther Wertheimer | |
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| Born | Estera Sheps 1926 Łódź, Poland |
| Died | August 18, 2016 Montreal |
| Nationality | Polish-born Canadian |
| Spouse | William Wertheimer |
| Elected | Director and Founding Member, Saint Laurent Art Association/Society, Ville St-Laurent, QC (1960-1965); Sculptors Society of Canada (1985) |
Esther Wertheimer (née Estera Sheps) (1926 – August 18, 2016) was a Canadian sculptor and educator. She is known for her semi-abstract figurative bronze sculptures and portrait busts in terra cotta. During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Wertheimer lived semi-annually at the artist's colony and sculpture foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy.[1]