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Lincoln Harvey

Born: active 20th century.

Lincoln Harvey. Sculptor. Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Active mid to late 20th century.

The Harvey family lived on Grand Manan from 1850 on. They  were keepers of the light house at the Gannet Rock and the Machias Sea Island light. Lincoln Harvey was a carver of decoys as well as life-like and life-sized ornamental carvings of every kind of water-fowl and shore bird. He also made wonderfully detailed carvings of fish. He lived and worked on Grand Manan Island. While his decoy numbers were not large, perhaps as many as 100, his hunting decoys are famous for their beauty. He always signed and dated his work on the base. Some examples of his work are shown below.

A Puffin by Lincoln Harvey:

Lincoln Harvey. Carving of a Puffin.

Lincoln Harvey. Carving of a Puffin.

 

A carving of a Salmon by Lincoln Harvey:

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. Salmon.

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. Salmon.

 

Lincon Harvey. His mark:

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. His mark.

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. His mark.

 

The Sea Gull by Lincoln Harvey:

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. Sea Gull.

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. Sea Gull.

 

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Alphonse Emond

Born: 1902  |  Died: 1966

Alphonse Emond. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Decoy maker. Verdun, Quebec.  Active 1930’s

Alphonse Emond was a decoy carver and he was also know for his ornamental bird carvings.

A pair of carved ornamental flying Ducks by Alphonse Emond of Verdun:

Pair of ornamental Duck carvings. Alphonse Emond.

Pair of ornamental Duck carvings. Alphonse Emond.

 

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Arrmand Julien

Born: 1910

Armand Julien. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Pont-Rouge, Portneuf, Quebec. Active mid-20th Century.

Beginning in the 1960’s, Armand Julien made delightful painted carvings of farm animals and horses; alone or in teams at work on the farm. He usually, but not always, painted his work and signed them; with a chisel or in script; sometimes ‘Arm. Julien’ or simply ‘A. J.’ He made every kind of farm animal and occasionally farm equipment and models of buildings. Armand Julien was cited in The Canadian Antiques and Art Review.*

Shown below is a fine carving of a Sleigh and a couple of passengers; pulled by a brown Mare. Tin, Pine, String and paint. C. 1960.

 

A carving by Armand Julien with his mark:**

 

Armand Julien. Pont-Rouge, Portneuf, Quebec. Sculptor.

Armand Julien. Pont-Rouge, Portneuf, Quebec. Sculptor.

 

A detail of the mark on the base:

 

Detail of the mark.

Detail of the mark.

 

*Ref: Canadian Antiques and Art Review. 1979/1980.

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

Ref: Jean Simard, Pour Passer Le Temps: Artistes Populaires Du Quebec, Gouvernement du Quebec, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1985.

**From Wishlist Antiques website.

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R. Bouchard

Born: Active mid-20th Century.

R. Bouchard. Sculptor. La Malbaie, Charlevoix, Quebec. Active mid-20th Century.

A stunning carving of a signed and painted relief carving of Two Deer in the Forest. Circa 1940. In Pine.

An Image. (From wishlistantiques.com website):

 

R. Bouchard. La Malbaie Quebec. Wood Carving. c.1940.

R. Bouchard. La Malbaie Quebec. Wood Carving. c.1940.

 

The Reverse:

 

R. Bouchard. detail of mark.

R. Bouchard. detail of mark.

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Clement Cinq-Mars

Born: 1918  |  Died: 1983

Clement Cinq-Mars. Sculptor. Wood carver. Longueuil, Quebec. Active mid-20th Century.

Clement Cinq-Mars was sculptor of carvings in Pine and Basswood. He made relief carvings and figures, one is shown (The Embracing Couple)  in From the Heart (1983). His carvings were almost always painted. He signed his work. He is cited in the CCFS.

 

Ref: The Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. From The Heart: Folk Art in Canada. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto. 1983.

Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

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

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

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