Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
Pierre Hamelin. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Montreal, Quebec. Active early 20th century.
Pierre Hamelin is cited in Laliberte’s book: Les Artistes de mon Temps. 1986.*
*Ref: Alfred Laliberte. Les Artistes de mon Temps. Montreal, Les Editions de Boreal Express. 1986.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Edward F. Hagell. Painter. Lethbridge, Alberta. Active early 20th century.
Edward Hagell was a painter of naive works in oil. He painted, as a record, his memories of the early settlers and ranchers in Alberta. Hagell also made drawings in pencil and ink on paper. He is cited in Render, 1970.*
“His subjects were a personal attempt to document and preserve the early west prior to the impact of settlement.” (From the Galt Museum site in Lethbridge.)
A pen and ink drawing of a Native American camp by Hagell:
HAGELL. Ink on Paper.
*Ref: Lorne Render. Glenbow Collects. Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary. 1970.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999)
Ref: Wilma Wood. The Legacy of a Southern Alberta Artist. Brush Education, 2005.
Guy Clovis-Edouard . Sculptor. Woodcarver. La Pocatiere, Quebec. Active 19th century.
Guy Clovis-Edouard made naïve, painted religious carvings. He is cited in Latour. 1975.*
Ref: Therese Latour. Art Populaire du Quebec. Musee du Quebec. 1975. (French Language.)
Ref: Therese Latour. Folk Treasures of Quebec. Musee du Quebec. 1980. (English Language.)
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Arthur Guindon. Painter. Ethnologist. Montreal, Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec. Active late 19th – early 20th century.
Pierre Guindon made naive/surrealistic paintings of the folk-lore and traditions of the First Nations people of the Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes region of Quebec and also of Quebec legends and early popular culture. Guindon was a self-taught artist who worked in a variety of media: charcoal, pencil, gouache and oils. Some of his works are preserved at the Vieux Seminaire-de-Saint Sulpice in Montreal.
An Example of Arthur Guindon’s work. The Ghost of La Corriveau scaring a traveller:
Arthur Guindon. La Corriveau and a traveller.
Ref: Harper. Early Painters and Engravers of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1970.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Ref: Delandre, Dickenson and Hubert. Les Sulpiciens de Montréal: une histoire de pouvoir et de discrétion, Montréal: Fides, 2007.
Alphonse Guindon. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Maxville, Ontario. Active 1960’s -.
Alphonse Guindon made scale models of buildings in the Maxville area as well as carvings of animals. He was the grandson of Arthur Sauve. Some of his models are in the Museum at Dunvegan, Ontario. He is known for his scale model of the Glengarry Pioneer Museum.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
