Esther Wertheimer

Art Brokerage: Esther Wertheimer Canadian Artist: b. 1926. Esther Wertheimer's work has been exhibited and commissioned internationally. She has been particularly recognized throughout Japan. Her bronze sculpture, thirteen-foot Primavera, was installed in front of the new Fukuoka City Hall in Fukuoka, Japan. From her invitational exhibition at the Canadian Embassy in Japan, two of her bronzes were selected for the Katsushika Performing Art Centre in Tokyo. Her work is at one sensitively delicate and vigorously intense. Life and energy flow from extended limbs and cascading draperies. There is a deep-rooted joy forming the essence of each work in the joy of living. The artist's passion for dance, family, and love are imbued through her sculptures. With balance and strength, Wertheimer's creations show great sensitivity to line and space. Dancers are captured in dynamic weightlessness, their forms generating a language of visual poetry. Mothers hold their children in the air with confidence and delight. Her work forges a connection between bodies and souls, blurring the line between our physical and spiritual beings.