Andre Saint-Pierre. Sculptor. Quebec City, Quebec. Active mid 20-th century.

Andre Saint-Pierre was a carver of small poly chromed animals, especially pigs. He was first collected by Nettie Sharpe.

A Link to the Canadian Museum of History Website:

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/art-quebec/art-quebec4_3-e.shtml

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.

Lucien Larose. Sculptor. Saint-Alexandre, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Lucien Larose was first collected by Marius Barbeau and then by Nettie Sharpe. He made painted carvings of horses. Both in harness with wagons or farm equipment and also standing alone. He carved in Pine and painted in ‘as found’ glossy oil paint. The manes and tails of his horse carvings were usually of  horse hair or tufts of wool fiber. His work is very rare and he has been collected by Museums and private collectors.

A carving of a Horse by Lucien Larose; signed ‘L.L.’(from a private collection):*

Lucien Larose. Signed carving of a Horse.

Another view:

Lucien Larose. Carving of a Horse.

His mark:

Lucien Larose. His mark.

* With my thanks for their kindness.

There is an image on the site below of a Black Horse by Lucien Larose. (See the images at the bottom of the page.)

A Link to the Canadian Museum of History Website:

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/art-quebec/art-quebec4_3-e.shtml

Louis Boucher. Sculptor. Wood carver. Painter. St. Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Louis Boucher was a sculptor of painted wood carvings; especially of small animals and birds. He also painted, made relief carvings and did collage work. His work was rarely signed. He was first collected by Nettie Sharpe. His work can be found in the Canadian Museum of History and private collections.

A Link to the Canadian Museum of History Website (at the bottom of the page):

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/art-quebec/art-quebec5_5-e.shtml

Claude Lamontagne. Sculptor. Bird Carver. St. Gilles, Quebec. Active after late 1970’s -.

Born in Charny, Quebec in 1939; Claude Lamontagne is a carver of Birds; especially those found in Quebec. He is considered by many to be one of the best living bird carvers in Quebec. Claude Lamontagne has been carving  for about 30 years. He seems to capture something quite magical in small pieces of Pine. He works with old – even antique – salvaged Pine and uses ‘as found’ colors to create his carvings. His bird mounts are sometimes works of art themselves- he once found an old ball of wire when walking an old fence line near where he lived. He brought it home and mounted several Nuthatches on this old rusty ball of left-over fence wire and created something quite spectacular.

M. Lamontagne sometimes makes small animal carvings; he will make a Porcupine occasionally and carvings of Horses.

His work:

A pair of Starlings:

Claude Lamontagne. Carver. St. Gilles Quebec. Starlings.

Claude Lamontagne at play some years back:

Claude Lamontagne. Carver. St. Gilles Quebec.

Olivier Lefebvre. Sculptor. Laprairie, Quebec. Active early to mid 20th century.

Olivier Lefebvre was first collected by Nettie Sharpe. He was a carver of small animals and wooden objects such as boxes or containers decorated with carved animals and birds. He showed a fondness for cats in his carvings.

 A Link to the Canadian Museum of History Website:

http://collections.civilisations.ca/public/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=3012774