Remi Gosselin. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Model maker. Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Remi Gosselin made models of horse drawn vehicles. His mark on a paper label is occasionally found on his models  made in the 1940’s and 50’s. An example is shown.

Remi Gosselin. Carved model of a Coach. Birch wood; solid and 3-ply:

Remi Gosselin. Model of a Coach.

Remi Gosselin. His mark on a paper label:

Mark. on a model Carriage.

Raymond Levasseur. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Gaspe, QC. (Quebec City?).  Active mid 20th century.

Raymond Levasseur  was a naïve woodcarver known for his painted bird carvings.  Levasseur made carvings of birds mounted on metal legs and attached to a Pine base. His work was always painted in glossy oil paints and he used plastic eyes. He signed his work on the bottom of the base with the note: ‘Bas du Fleuve’.  He was active from about 1960 through the 1970’s.

A carving of a bird by Raymond Levasseur:

Raymond Levasseur. Gaspe, QC. Carving of a Bird. Green speckled. 1960’s. Signed.

His mark:

Raymond Levasseur. Gaspe, QC. His mark.

Jacques Dufour. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Iles-aux-Coudres, Quebec.  Active 1950’s-1960’s.

Jacques Dufour is known for his signed painted carvings of birds, often Seagulls that were sold on the Island to travelers and tourists. Always well carved and painted his naive carvings were signed on the base with a chisel and on the bottom with a stamp. An example is shown below.

Jacques Dufour. Three carved Seagulls:

Three Seagulls. Jacques Dufour. Isle aux Coudres, QC.

Jacques Dufour. His mark:

Three Seagulls. Jacques Dufour. Isle aux Coudres, QC. His mark.

Adalbert Thibault. Sculptor. Wood carver. Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec. Active 1950’s- 1970’s.

Adalbert Thibault was a flat-plane wood carver. His early work was painted carvings of Quebec people in traditional costume; later in the 1960’s and ’70’s he became known for his painted carvings of Birds and model ships.

His early work was usually signed in script with a pen and occasionally with a chisel.  In later years he used a stamp on the base.

Adalbert Thibault. Three Gannets on driftwood. 1960’s:

Adalbert Thibault. Carving of three Gannets mounted on driftwood.

Adelbert Thibault. His mark with a stamp:

Adalbert Thibault. Mark with stamp.

Flat-plane carved Quebec couple in traditional costume (early 1950’s):

Adalbert Thibault. Quebec Couple in Traditional costume. c 1950.

Adelbert Thibault. His mark in script:

Adelbert Thibault. His mark in script.

Flat plane carving by Adelbert Thibault. A man in yellow. (1950’s):

Adalbert Thibault.  Man in Yellow.

Adalbert Thibault. His mark with a chisel:

Adalbert Thibault. Signed with a chisel.

Photograph of Adelbert Thibault in his studio (1950’s):

Adelbert Thibault dans son atelier.

Adelard Thibault. Sculptor. Wood carver. Launay, Abitibi-Ouest Co., Quebec. Active mid 20th Century.

Adelard Thibault was a primitive artist best known for his carvings of people on the farm and of men at work. He often made mechanical works that moved or performed an action. Sawyers, plowing and other horse-drawn farm equipment. M. Thibault was a farmer and railroad worker and his work reflected his life. 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.