Canadian sculptors working at the artist colony at Pietrasanta, Italy. In 1980, Wertheimer began to exhibit her polished bronze figural sculptures in cities in Florida, USA. She traveled to Japan in 1989, seeking exhibitions and commissions, and by 1997 had won nine public sculpture competitions there. During the mid-1980s through to the 1990s, Wertheimer completed numerous public art commissions in Canada, USA and China. In 1991, Wallack Gallery, Ottawa, held a retrospective of her work. In 1992, Wertheimer's Primavera (Democracy), a four metre bronze sculpture, was commissioned for Fukuoka City Hall Plaza, in Fukuoka, Japan. She was Director and Founding Member of the Saint Laurent Art Association/Society, Ville St-Laurent, QC (1960-1965) and the Sculptors Society of Canada (1985). She died in Montreal on August 18, 2016. Selected works Primavera (Democracy) (in front of Fukuoka Town Hall Plaza) (1992) Caftan (at Hakone forest of sculpture), Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Japan Seven Dancers Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, Florida, USA Airborn Civic Center Library, Livermore, CA, USA Children at Play with Hoops Selected Awards Canada Council Travel Grant (1967) Borsa di Studio from the Italian Government (1967-1968) Elizabeth T. Greenshields Memorial Grant (1969) Gold Medal, INT Tourismo, Rome, Italy (1977) EUR Europa Primio, Rome, Italy (1977) 3rd Prize (for Caftan), Rodin Third National Sculpture Competition, Hakone, Open-Air Museum, Hakone, Japan (1989) International Arts Award, B'nai B'rith Foundation, Washington, DC, USA (1997) References External links Esther Wertheimer's Homepage about "Primavera" Esther Wertheimer's works on Galerie Lamoureux Ritzenhoff Esther Wertheimer's works on Esther Wertheimer Artists from Montreal Jewish Canadian artists Canadian women sculptors Goddard College alumni Polish emigrants to Canada 20th-century Polish Jews 1926 births 2016 deaths Place of birth missing 21st-century Canadian women artists Artists from Łódź