Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
Frank Donahue. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Arden, Ontario. Active 1920’s.
Frank Donahue was a naive sculptor of painted works. Known is a shadow box of a hunting scene. He is cited in the CCFCS.
Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Mme Charles Dolbec. Fabric artist. Rug hooker. Sainte-Anne-de-la-Parade, Quebec. Active 1930’s.
Mme Charles Dolbec was a maker of ornamental hooked rugs of landscapes. She hooked in silk and cotton and in wool. Mme Dolbec is cited in the Gauvreau book* (1941).
*Ref: Jean-Marie Gauvreau, Artisans du Quebec: Les Editions du Bien Public, Montreal, Quebec, 1940.
Ref: An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art. Blake McKendry, Kingston, Ontario. 1999.
William Devine. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Active mid 20th century.
William Devine was a naive artist. He made relief carvings of animals and fish as well as religious themes. He was the brother of Clayton Devine.
Ref: Canadian Antiques and Art Review. 1981.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).
Charles Desnoyers. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec. Active mid to late 19th century.
Charles Desnoyers was a sculptor of painted figures. He made religious carvings as well as people. He was cited in Trudel’s book on traditional sculpture in Quebec.*
*Ref: Jean Trudel. Sculpteure Traditional du Quebec. Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1967.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Andre Deschenes. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Hilarion, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.
Andre Deschenes filled his yard in Charlevoix with bird houses, models of wind mills and concrete sculptures of exotic and domestic animals. All in bright primary paints. He was first mentioned in Les Patenteux.
Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1998).
