Roger Brabant

Born: 1953

Roger Brabant. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Rigaud, Quebec. Active late 20th -.

From an article about the artist in the Montreal Gazette:

Roger Brabant is a cabinet maker, a barn ‘whisperer’ and woodcarver. He makes carvings of roosters, especially and other things as well. Allways in paint and usually in the form of applied reliefs. He also has a fondness for old barns, especially ones he can dismantle and reuse in other even prettier forms. (See the Montreal Gazette article at the link below.)

Roger Brabant. In the Montreal Gazette:

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/off-island-gazette/old-barn-whisperer-rigaud-man-gives-centuries-old-wood-new-vocations

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.

Shown here is a carving by Roger Brabant:

Auguste Boyer

Born: 1906  |  Died: 1996

Auguste Boyer. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Auguste Boyer was a decoy carver who was influenced by Willie leduc early in his career.

Sinai Boulay

Born: 1908  |  Died: 1983

Sinai Boulay. Woodcarver. Grosse-Roche, Gaspe, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Sinai Boulay was known for his models of the boats that were common along the Gaspe shore and his whirli-gigs. He had a road-side stand in front of his house and was first published in Les Patenteau-du-Quebec.

 

Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec,Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.

Martin Boudreault

Born: 1951

Martin Boudreault. Sculptor, Painter, Woodcarver. Shipshaw, Quebec. (Lac-St-Jean). Active.

Martin Boudreault is a “touche-a-tout” (he touches every thing) so described in an article in the ‘Lapresse’ newspaper. He is an ice sculptor, a painter and a maker of totem poles.

Jean-Claude Boudreau

Born: 1955

Jean-Claude Boudreau. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Ille de Grande-Entree, Quebec. Active late 20th century.

A carpenter, wood worker and Clam diver; Jean-Claude Boudreau occasionally makes decoys and decorative water fowl carvings. Sometimes in Paint. He does not sign his work.

 

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec,

Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.