Eugenia Berlin

Eugenia Berlin (1905–2003) was a Russian-born Canadian sculptor, painter, designer and director.

Biography

Education and training

Berlin was born in Kharkov, Russian Empire and immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1925. She studied sculpture, drawing, and design at the L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva, Switzerland under James Vibert and Valentine Métein-Gilliard at the Royal Ontario Museum, a position she held until her retirement.

In 2000 Berlin was honoured by the Canadian Portrait Academy as honorary academician.

Collections

Berlin is represented with sculptures in the National Gallery of Canada with her portrait of Dr. Marius Barbeau and in the Corbet Collection of Canadian Women Artists with "Mourning Doves".