Pierre Lemieux. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Fortunat, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.
Pierre Lemieux was a primitive artist. He was born and raised in the Shawinigan area of Quebec, and began wood working and carving at an early age. He discovered Sumac wood in the 1950’s and used its many colours and grain varieties in making applied relief carvings. His subjects were mostly Lumberjacks at work in the fields and forests around Shawinigan. He generally signed his work. Shown below is a painted relief carving by Lemieux.
A Lumberjack skidding logs with a horse by Pierre Lemieux:
Pierre Lemieux. Logging relief carving.
Pierre Lemieux mark in script. Lower right:
Pierre Lemieux. His mark.
A detail of this carving:
Pierre Lemieux. Logging. Detail.
Ref: Jean Simard, Pour Passer Le Temps: Artistes Populaires Du Quebec, Gouvernement du Quebec, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1985.
Ref: Arts et metiers, Shawinigan Chemicals Ltd., Vol. no. 5, May, 1952.
