Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
Philias Bouchard. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Simeon, Charlevoix County, Quebec. Active early 20th century.
Philias Bouchard was a cabinet maker. He decorated his furniture with carved decorations and was known to have made carvings of animals. he was cited in the Journal ‘Canadian Antiques and Art Review (1979-1980.) (He is listed in the census of 1901 as born in 1885.)
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Anne-Marie Bost. Painter. Matapedia Valley, Quebec. Active 1970’s – .
Anne-Marie Bost is a naive artist. She makes paintings from her imagination in the tradition of Rousseau. She was one of the authors of “Ces Paintres de Quebec et de l’Acadie”.
Her work is included in the collections of the Paris (France) “Musee de l’Art Naif”, the Sherbrooke (Quebec) Museum of Art and the Canadian Bank of Works of Art.
Ref: G. Boulizon, Y. Daigle and A-M. Bost, Ces Peintres du Quebec et de L’Acadie. Ville Saint-Laurent.Editions du Trecarre. (1989).
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Walter Bossy. Sculptor. Toronto, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.
Walter Bossy made sculptures using ‘as found’ materials, objects and paper.
Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Denise Bosse. Fabric artist. Weaver. Quebec. Active 1970’s -.
Denise Bosse is a fabric artist and a maker of wall hangings.
Ref: Cyril Simard, Artinasat Quebecois. Montreal Les Editions de l’Homme. 1975.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
C. E. Bonze. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Hastings, Ontario. Active late 19th century.
The artist C. E. Bonze is cited by Price and McKendry as having made naive wood carvings of animals and birds in the late 19th century.
Ref: Ralph and Patricia Price. ‘Twas Ever Thus. Toronto. M.F. Feheley. 1979.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
