R. Faure. Painter. Sculptor. Caughnawaga (?), Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

R. Faure. The mark found on a pair of painted bas-relief carvings of the Sanctuary at Caughnawaga, Quebec. They are done on pieces of plywood with the outline of the buildings and landscape carved through one layer and then painted in oil colours; they are self-framed. They are well done and vividly coloured. The photos show the main Sanctuary and the title on the frame of the second painting of the living quarters. They were done in the 1930’s or 1940’s. No other information is known about the artist as yet.

The Sanctuary by R. Faure:

R. Faure. Painted applied relief carving.of the sanctuary at Caughnawaga. c.1950.

R. Faure. The mark:

R. Faure Mark.

Detail of Title:

Detail of title.

Detail of second painting with title:

R. Faure. Detail.

Cecile Grondin-Gamache. Painter. Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Quebec. Active second half of the 20th century.

Cecile Gamache is a naive painter.  Working in oils and acrylics, she began painting around 1960. She paints scenes of the early years in the Beauce area of Quebec; the country side and the people who live there at work on the farm and at play. Her work is graceful and full of colour. She has been collected widely by museums, in corporate collections and privately. Some examples are shown below. She signs her work ‘Cecile Gamache’ in the lower right corner.

Cecile Gamache. Painting of Horse Shoeing on the Farm:

Cecile Gamache. Painting. Horse shoeing on the Farm.

Horse and Sleigh in Winter:

Cecile Gamache Horse and Sleigh.

G. H. Sculptor. Wood carver. Quebec. (Location Unknown.)  Active mid-20th century.

G. H. is the mark found on painted carvings of Parrots. The carvings are naive and appear to have plastic eyes. They are painted in ‘as found colours’ and the initials ‘G. H.’ are primitively  painted on with the word ‘PERROKUET’  painted on the base of one of the carvings. The carvings are done in the style and manner of Felicien Levesque as is the writing. The carvings date from about the 1960’s.Some images are below. (The initials are confusing. The style and manner of the carving seem to point to another artist.)

Painted carving of a Parrot. Signed ‘G. H.’:

G. H. Quebec.Carving of a Parrot.

The mark:

G. H. The mark.

A pair on a stand by the same artist:

A pair of Parrots on a stand.