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Michal Hornstein

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Michal Hornstein
Michal Hornstein at the National Order of Quebec ceremony in 2013
Born(1920-09-17)September 17, 1920
DiedApril 25, 2016(2016-04-25) (aged 95)
Known forBusinessman & Philanthropist
AwardsOrder of Canada
National Order of Quebec

Michal Hornstein OC GOQ (September 17, 1920 – April 25, 2016) was a Polish-born Canadian businessman, art collector and philanthropist.[1]

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Biography

Born in Tarnów, Poland and raised in Kraków,[2] he was captured by the German army during World War II forced onto a train and deported to Auschwitz. However, before the train reached the notorious concentration camp, though, Hornstein jumped from its side. He spent the rest of the war — which claimed the lives of innumerable of his family members and friends — hiding from the Nazis in the forests of Czechoslovakia and living in Budapest before decamping for Bratislava.[3]

In Bratislava, he met Renata Witelson, another Polish Jew fleeing Nazi persecution. Witelson had spent much of the war in hiding — in the Warsaw Ghetto, in a convent, with a Polish family and in safe houses. It was in one of those safe houses that the couple met. In 1946, they were married in Rome. He immigrated to Canada in 1951, at the encouragement of the Canadian ambassador to Italy, whom they had befriended, and relocated to Montreal. He became a citizen in 1957. He founded the company, Federal Construction Ltd., a real estate company, where he made his fortune and remained president of the company until his final days.[3]

The Hornstein became prominent patrons of major Montreal institutions, including hospitals and universities. But the couple is most closely associated with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). Michal Hornstein had served on its board of trustees, almost continuously, since 1970. He also played an important role raising funds for the museum's collection, amassing a vast collection of Renaissance paintings and helped raise millions that went toward restoring and expanding the museum. Michal Hornstein contributed to the collection himself, donating some 420 works of art, and played a role in the acquisition of 23 others. In 2012, the couple announced it was donating its collection of 75 Old Master paintings to the museum, a gift estimated to be worth $75 million. The MMFA described it as the largest ever private donation to a Quebec museum. The Old Masters collection is to be housed in the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace, which is scheduled to open in early November 2016. The couple's name also graces an existing pavilion, which houses galleries dedicated to Asian and Islamic art.

The Hornsteins also donated money to education and health care, namely the Montreal Heart Institute, the Montreal General Hospital, Hôpital Notre-Dame and the Jewish General Hospital.

On Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the John Molson School of Business’ spring convocation ceremony, Concordia University conferred upon Michal and Renata Hornstein honorary doctorates in recognition of their lifetime of philanthropy.

Death

Hornstein died at his home in Montreal, Quebec on April 25, 2016, aged 95.[1]

Honours

In 1984 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1993 he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec, promoted to Officer in 2002 and Grand Officer in 2013.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Décès du mécène Michal Hornstein". Le Devoir. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ^ Montgomery, Sue (15 May 2016). "Michal Hornstein: Philanthropist changed the face of Montreal". Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ a b c "Michal Hornstein". Ordre national du Québec (in French).
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