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Alfred Deschenes

Born: 1913  |  Died: 1975

Alfred Deschenes. Painter. Charlevoix County, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Alfred Deschene was a member of the Charlevoix Primitives; a group of self-taught artists who lived and worked in Charlevoix County from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. He painted figures in the landscapes of Charlevoix; particularly children.

Deschenes and the other members of the Group were featured in the film by Jean Palardy: ‘primitive Painters of Charlevoix’.

 

Ref: Primitive Painters of Charlevoix. The National Film Board of Canada. Produced and Directed by Jean Palardy. 1947.

Ref: Richard Dube and Francois Tremblay, Peindre un Pays: Charlevoix et ses peintres populaires (Ottawa. Editions Broquet, 1989).

Ref: National Gallery of Canada. Artists in Canada. Union List of Artist’s Files.Ottawa. 1982.

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

Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985)

 

 

 
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George De Pape

Born: 1908

George De Pape. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Homby Island, British Columbia. Active mid 20th century.

George De Pape was a sculptor. He made naive and primitive sculptures and assemblies in ‘as found’ materials and colours including metal, stone, concrete, wood. Many of his works were for his yard. He was cited in Kobayashi (1985) and the Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies.

 

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

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

Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).

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Eva Dennis

Born: 1904

Eva Dennis. Painter. Brownlee, Saskatchewan. Active mid to later 20th century.20th century.

Eva Dennis, and her husband Wesley Dennis were self-taught artists. She painted the events of her life and her area of Saskatchewan. She gained recognition in the 1970’s and is widely collected.

 

 

Ref: J. Climer. Saskatchewan Primitives. Saskatoon. Mendel Art Gallery. 1975.

Ref: D. Thauberger. Grassroots Saskatchewan. Regina: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery. 1976.

Ref: Artists in Canada, Union list of Artist’s files. National Gallery of Canada. 1982.

Ref: Lerner. and Williamson, Art and Architecture in Canada. A Bibliography …to 1981. University of Totonto Press. 1991.

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

 

 

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Wesley Dennis

Born: 1899

Wesley Dennis. Painter. Brownlee, Saskatchewan. Active mid to later 20th century.20th century.

Wesley Dennis was the husband of Eva Dennis. A farmer in Saskatchewan, he became a self-taught painter when he retired. He painted farm scenes, those of his childhood and those of his own working farming days.

 

 

Ref: J. Climer. Saskatchewan Primitives. Saskatoon. Mendel Art Gallery. 1975.

Ref: D. Thauberger. Grassroots Saskatchewan. Regina: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery. 1976.

Ref: Artists in Canada, Union list of Artist’s files. National Gallery of Canada. 1982.

Ref: Lerner. and Williamson, Art and Architecture in Canada. A Bibliography …to 1981. University of Totonto Press. 1991.

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

 

 

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Louis de Niverville

Born: 1933

Louis de Niverville. Painter. Toronto, Ontario. Active mid 20th century -.

Louis de Niverville was an outsider artist (self-taught). His painted his imagination and his memories in the manner of Rousseau with much use of collage. His work was naive and he painted murals as well.

 

Ref: C. S. MacDonald. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. Ottawa. Canadian Paperbacks. 1967.

Ref: Joan Murray. Louis de Niverville Retrospective. Oshawa. Robert McGlaughlin Gallery. 1978.

Ref: Lerner. and Williamson, Art and Architecture in Canada. A Bibliography …to 1981. University of Totonto Press. 1991.

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

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