Adrien Arpin. Sculptor. Woodcarver. St.-Hyacinthe, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.
Adrien Arpin made a variety of painted wood carvings in the flat-plane tradition of the artists in St.-Jean-Port-Joli. Especially carvings of people but also carvings of kitchen items such as wall boxes for matches and salt and napkin rings etc. His earlier work was always painted but into the 1950’s he began making unpainted figural carvings and kitchen ware. He signed with a chisel or with a stamp in black ink. Recently added here are a pair of skiers; an extremely rare form in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli woodcarvings.
An example of one of Adrien Arpin’s hanging wall boxes. (1940’s):
A Salt Box. Adrien Arpin. St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. C. 1950.
A carving of Checker Players. Signed A. Arpin on the base with a later over paint:
A. Arpin. Sainte-Hyacinthe, Quebec. Checker Players.
A detail of the Checker Players with the mark:
Adrien Arpin. Checker players. A detail of his mark.
A pair of painted Quebec figures in traditional costumes by Adrien Arpin. Late 1940’s:
Adrien Arpin. Two carved figures.
The stamped mark of A. Arpin on the base:
The mark of A. Arpin, St-Hyacinthe, QC.
Another pair by Adrien Arpin:
Skiers by Adrien Arpin ( An extremely rare form in these St-Jean-Port-Joli carvings):
