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Harry Mayerovitch
Fonds
Harry Mayerovitch was born on April 16, 1910, in Montreal, Quebec.
He was a Canadian architect, artist, illustrator, author, professor, and cartoonist. He received a Bachelor of Arts and his degree in architecture in 1933 at McGill University.
In the course of his long architectural partnership with Alan Bernstein and Lionel Mincoff, he designed many buildings in the Montreal area. Architecture projects were put on hold when Canada entered World War II. He turned his attention to painting, with one painting, a war-themed work entitled “Home Front”, exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
He became artistic director of the National Film Board's Wartime Information Board’s Graphic Arts Division. From 1942 to 1944, he produced World War II propaganda posters, using the artist's signature "Mayo". After the war, he resumed work as an architect and became active in urban planning.
In 1965, he began to teach at McGill's School of Architecture and remained on faculty until his death. In 2000, his 90th birthday was marked with the planting of a magnolia tree in the School of Architecture's Centennial Garden. He was a member of the Order of Architects of Quebec, the Corporation of Urbanists of Quebec, the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts, and was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
In 1937, he married Lily Caplan. He died on April 16, 2004, in Montreal, Quebec.
The drawing was formerly used as a teaching aid at the School of Architecture of McGill University.
Le dessin servait antérieurement d'outil pédagogique à l'École d'architecture de l'Université McGill.
"Architectural Drawing, n.d., 3 drawings." The archive contains an ink on paper drawing of architectural details.
"Dessin architectural, s.d., 1 dessin." Le fonds contient un dessin au trait de détails architecturaux.
A native of Montreal, Harry Mayerovitch (b. 19 10) graduated with a degree in art from McGill University in 1929 and with a degree in architecture in 1933. He has practiced architecture in Montreal as a partner in the firm of Mayerovitch and Bernstein since 1935. In addition to his architectural practice and artistic pursuits, Mayerovitch has also taught at the Université Laval and the School of Architecture of McGill University.
Né à Montréal en 1910, Harry Mayerovitch a obtenu un diplôme d'art de l'Université McGill en 1929 et un diplôme d'architecture en 1933. Il exerça l'architecture à Montréal en tant qu'associé dans le cabinet Mayerovitch et Bernstein à partir de 1935. Outre sa pratique architecturale et ses intérêts artistiques, Mayerovitch a aussi enseigné à l'Université Laval ainsi qu'à l'École d'architecture de l'Université McGill.