Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
Stacey Bryanton. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Kensington, Prince Edward Island. Active mid to late 20th century.
Stacey Bryanton was a decoy carver. He also made ornamental carvings of other birds – crows, sea gulls, geese and also larger flying geese. He signed his work with a stamp: ‘S.B.’
Ref: Guyette, Decoys of Maritime Canada.(1983).
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).
Emilie Brousseau. Fabric artist. Rug hooker. Saint-Simon, Quebec. Active early 20th century.
Emilie Brousseau made decorative hooked rugs with pictorial designs.
Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Edmund Boyler. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Peterborough, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.
Edmund Boyler was a decoy maker.
Ref: Bernie Gates. Ontario Decoys ll . The UpperCanadian. 1986.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Percy Bovey. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Gananoque, Ontario. Active mid-20th century.
Percy Bovey was a decoy maker.
Ref: Bernie Gates. Ontario Decoys ll . The UpperCanadian. 1986.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Adeodat Belanger. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Gabriel, Rimouski County, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.
Adeodat Belanger was a primitive artist. His themes were religious and social. He made carvings of injured veterans of war for example as well as crucifix carvings and crucifixes in bottles – these were complicated and decorative. He was a maker of violins and carved clock cases and pipe shelves as well as small animals. Adeodat Belanger was comfortable carving in the round or making relief works and he also used ‘as found’ materials such as metal, glass, paper and fur. He made collages and assemblies with these materials. He didn’t paint or colour his carvings and he rarely signed or dated them.
Ref: Jean Simard, Pour Passer Le Temps: Artistes Populaires Du Quebec, Gouvernement du Quebec, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1985.
