Editing Sorel Etrog (section)

== Life ==
Born in [[Iaşi]], [[Romania]], in 1933, Etrog's formal art training began in 1945. In 1950, his family immigrated to [[Israel]], where beginning in 1953 he studied at the Institute of Painting and Sculpture in [[Tel Aviv]]. His first solo exhibition in Tel Aviv in 1958 earned him a scholarship at the [[Brooklyn Museum|Brooklyn Museum of Art]] in [[New York City]] (1958-1963).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bradfield |first1=Helen |title=Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection |date=1970 |publisher=McGraw Hill |location=Toronto |isbn=0070925046|url=https://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?N=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=p_work_normalized&Np=1&Ntt=Helen%20Bradfield%2C%20canadian%20collection%20%2C%20art%20gallery%20of%20ontario&Ntk=Anywhere |accessdate=2021-03-31}} </ref>  In 1959, a meeting with Toronto art collector Samuel Zacks led to Etrog's first Canadian solo exhibition, at Gallery Moos in Toronto. Leaving New York for Toronto in 1963, Etrog became a Canadian citizen.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sorel-etrog |title=Sorel Etrog |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |last=Hargittay |first=Clara |date=4 March 2014 |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |edition=online}}</ref> After moving to Florence in 1965, he began casting his sculptures at the Michelucci Foundry, in Pistoia, and would continue to do so for the rest of his career. During this time, Etrog frequently visited his family in Israel. On one of his trips he met his future wife, Lika Behar, a fashion designer, who moved to Florence to live with him. However, a car accident that left Etrog badly injured led him and Behar to leave Florence in 1967 and move to Toronto, where they married.<ref name=":0" />