Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
Jacques Barbeau. Painter. Sherbrooke, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.
Jacques Barbeau was cited in Boulizon as a naive painter.
Ref: G. Boulizon, Y. Daigle and A-M. Bost, Ces Peintres du Quebec et de L’Acadie. Ville Saint-Laurent.Editions du Trecarre. (1989).
Alma Baldwin. Sculptor. Big Bay Point, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.
Alma Baldwin made a long series of caricature sculptures of people. Her sculptures were of mixed media; she used wire frames that she shaped, padded and dressed as people, using fabric that she gathered as well as cosmetics and hair. The people sculptures were those around her that she observed in her daily life. She them her ‘people’ in every size; from miniature to life size.
Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
S. C. Baker. Painter. Aylmer, Ontario. Active late 19th early 20th century.
S. C. Baker was a naive artist. He was known for his paintings of farm animals and farm scenes.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Jesse Baker. Sculptor. Decoy carver. Trenton, Ontario. Active first half 20th century.
Jesse baker was a decoy carver.
Ref: Bernie Gates. Ontario Decoys ll . The UpperCanadian. 1986.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
John Bailey. Sculptor. Decoy carver. Marysville, New Brunswick. Active late 19th early 20th century.
John Bailey was a decoy carver.
