R. Laurendeau. Sculptor. Woodcarver. St-Jean-Port-Joli,Quebec. Active 1930’s – 1940’s.
R. Laurendeau was a flat-plane woodcarver. He made painted carvings of Quebec figures in traditional clothes and settings. His figures were generally smaller in size ranging from 2.5 inches to about 5.5 inches.His carvings were always painted and usually signed on the base. His work is rarely found today. Perhaps the smaller sized made them difficult to collect and keep. Some examples are shown. The first three were almost too small to sign.*
Group of three Quebec carvings by R. Laurendeau:
R. Laurendeau. Three carved Quebec figures.
The bases of three carvings:
R. Laurendeaau. The Base marks.
A signed pair of carved figures by R. Laurendeau:
R. Laurendeau. Pair of carved Quebec figures.
The mark of R. Laurendeau on the bases:
R. Lorendeau. His marks.
* R. Laurendeau was one of several Quebec flat-plane woodcarvers whose carving careers seemed to have stopped sometime in the 1940’s or in a few cases the very early 1950’s. (The second world war may have been a factor for some.)
