Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
Mme Armond Alain. Painter. Les Ecureuils, Quebec. Active 1930’s.
Madame Alain painted naive scenes of Quebec in ‘as found’ oil colours.
Ref: Canadian Antiques and Art Review. (1981).
Ref:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Liane Abrieu. Painter. Montreal, Quebec. Active 1980’s.
Liane Abrieu is an outsider artist known for her naive abstract/metaphysical paintings. She is cited in Boulizon.*
*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).
Wendy Doyon. Sculptor. Saint-Philibert, Beauce, Quebec. Active late 20th century – .
Originally from British Columbia; Wendy Doyon settled in the Beauce in 1972. She makes sculptures of animals in papier mache and in her later works they have glass eyes. They are always coloured and signed ‘Doyon’.
Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And: Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.
Gino Desrosiers. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Port Cartier, Quebec. Active 1990’s – .
Gino Desrosiers began carving in the 1990’s. He makes sculptures of ‘as found’ and recycled materials; from iron to driftwood and sawdust. He colours his work and signs and dates them. His work is becoming known and recognized by collectors.
Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And: Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.
Marcel Desharnais. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Val D’Or, Quebec. Active late 20th century.
Marcel Desharnais carved farm animals mostly. Usually but not always painted. He signed his work.
Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And: Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.
