Lucie Normand. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Montreal, Quebec. Active 1930’s – 40’s.
Lucie Normand was the sister of flat-plane woodcarver Regina Normand. Like her sister, Lucie made painted flat-plane carvings of Quebec people in traditional settings and dress. She signed her work ‘L. Normand’ in script on the base with no place name unlike her sister Regina who sometimes put ‘Montreal, Quebec’. Both artists made smaller painted works; usually pairs. The seated pair shown here for example, measure about 3.5 inches long. Unfortunately Lucie was killed in an airplane crash and this disaster ended the Normand family carvings. (Of social interest perhaps: it would seem that these two women signed with initials for a reason. At that time there were not a lot of women carvers in their field and staying ‘anonymous’ may have been done to keep the playing field level.)
Painted carvings of a Quebec Couple by Lucie Normand:
L. Normand. Carved Quebec Couple. 1930s-40s.
Another view:
L. Normand. Carved Quebec Couple. 1930s-40s.
The mark of Lucie Normand:
L. Normand. The mark on the Quebec Couple. 1930s-40s.
The $5.00 price mark on Lucie Normand’s Quebec Couple: (See note below)
L. Normand. The price mark on the Quebec Couple. 1930s.
Note: It should be mentioned from time to time that when we are at looking at these – often quite small flat-plane woodcarvings – we will see a price on the base of the carvings. The price that the artist charged in his gallery/workshop or that the souvenir art shops charged. This small pair (3.5 in. long) by L. Normand – made in the late 1930’s was priced at $5.00 as we can see on the base. That was a fair bit of money at the time.
