Wilfrid Baribeau. Sculptor. Wood carver. St-Leon-de-Maskinonge, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Wilfrid Baribeau made naive carvings of people, animals and birds. He made a series of scenes that he assembled in bottles; some very elaborate ones and others more simple. His work was usually unpainted and he was not known to sign them. He was first mentioned in ‘LePatenteux du Quebec’.

Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.

Ref:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

Edouard Audet. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Maria, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Edouard Audet was a primitive artist who made traditional scenes and those of every day Quebec life. He showed people at work and at play using available ‘as found’ materials (wood, fabric and metal) to carve and build his miniature scenes. He used colour where appropriate and was highly inventive. He was first mentioned in ‘Les Patenteux du Quebec’.

Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.

Ref:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999)

Emile Allard. Sculptor. Saint-Mathieu, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Emile is known for a model village that he made and assembled in his yard in the late 1950’s. He was first mentioned in ‘Les Pantenteux du Quebec’ where his grand daughter was interviewed.

Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.

Noe J. Champagne. Rug hooker. Fabric artist. Dudswell-Bishopton, Eastern Townships, Estrie,  Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.

Noe Champagne made hooked rugs or mats; usually from his own designs. His rugs were hooked on burlap using strips of fabric from old clothes. Noe Champagne made designs from traditional themes as well as geometric designs and always full of color. he was often seen at the Coaticook Fair giving demonstrations of this traditional art.

A link to The Canadian Museum of History showing Noe Champagne’s work:

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/art-quebec/art-quebec2_3-e.shtml

Henri Angers. Sculptor. Wood carver. Neuville (Portneuf), Quebec. Active early to mid 20th century.

All though some authors have included Henri Angers in  listings of folk artists; he was in fact trained (as an apprentice) in the work shop of Quebec artist Louis Jobin and studied further in Belgium at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts there. He is known in Quebec for his religious church carvings in paint and gilded wood.

He should not be considered a folk artist or outsider artist.

A link to The Canadian Museum of History for a photo of the artist in his studio:

http://www.museedelhistoire.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/barbeau/mb0783bf.shtml