Denis Dube. Sculptor. Saint-Roches-des-Aulnaies, Quebec.

Denis Dube is the son of Arthur Dube. Born in 1953 at St. Roch-des-Aulnaies, Quebec. Folk artist and sculptor in the St-Jean-Port-Joli tradition. He carves the animals of Quebec, and the rest of Canada, in Basswood and Pine. His work is always signed, usually with a chisel.

A contemporary carving of a Moose:

Moose. Denis Dube. Quebec.

Ref: Dennis Dube’s Website

Marie-Rose Rivard. Painter. Richelieux Valley, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Marie-Rose Rivard was a Naive painter in oils. She was known for her landscape paintings and farm scenes of the Richelieu Valley and the Eastern Townships of Quebec.  She signed her work on the reverse of her panels.

An example of a painting of a farmstead by Marie-Rose Rivard:

Marie-Rose Rivard. Richelieu Valley, Quebec.

Armand Marcotte. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Riviere-a-Pierre, Port-Neuf County, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Armand Marcotte made painted carvings of  people and situations. He carved in Pine, often in the flat-plane tradition, and painted his carvings. He usually signed his work.

Charles Fournier. Sculptor. St. Anicet, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Charles Fournier was a carver of birds and decoys. His carvings, mostly water fowl, were very well painted. He made decoys and life sized ornamental carvings of ducks and geese. He usually signed his work with a date on the base.

An example of his work. A standing Merganser duck. Signed and dated:

Charles Fournier. St. Anicet, Quebec.

A detail:

Charles Fournier. St.-Flavie Quebec.

Charles Fournier. His mark:

Charles Fournier detail of his mark.

Ref:More information about Charles Fournier can be found in the books:

The Rivermen. R. Lefebvre and N. Seymour. Outdoor Life. 2007.

Sculpteurs d’Appelants du Quebec. F. St-Onge. Editions GID. 2008.

Henri Cote. Sculptor. Wood carver. Sainte-Therese, Quebec. Active mid 20th Century.

Henri Cote. Sculptor. Woodcarver and folk artist. St. Therese, Quebec. Active in the 1960’s. Mr. Cote retired from farming in St. Therese and began carving horse-drawn farm implements and wagons of every kind and type. His wagons were properly harnessed, painted and equipped.  The springs and wheels function. They were not primitive. Very rarely were they peopled or signed. He used oil based paints and often ‘as found’ materials. Many of his horses were mares with white ‘socks’.

Shown is an example of his work. A fine model of a buggy drawn by a mare with four white ‘socks’: Wood, metal, leatherette, shoelace, oil paint. (1960’s)

Buggy By Henri Cote, St. Therese, P.Q.

The Mare:

Henri Cote. Sainte-Therese, Quebec.