Regina Normand. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Montreal, Quebec. Active 1930’s – 1940’s.
Regina Normand and her sister Lucie were flat-plane woodcarvers. They made carvings of Quebec figures in traditional costume and situations. Their carvings were usually signed in scrip or with a stamp in black ink: ‘R. Normand Montreal’ or ‘Fait a la Main, Quebec, Canada’. Their work was almost always painted and their carvings were generally smaller – in the 3 1/2 inch to 5 1/2 inch range. Some examples are shown. *
Regina Normand. Carvings of a Fisherman and His Lady:
R. Normand. Montreal, Quebec. Carving of a Fisherman and His Lady.
Regina and Lucie Normand. The marks in script and a stamp:
R. Normand. Montreal, Quebec. Woodcarver. The marks.
Three carvings by the Normand sisters:
R. Normand. Montreal, Quebec. Three carvings.
R. Normand. Three marks:
R. Normand. Montreal, Quebec. Three carvings with three marks.
- Other members of the Normand family may have been involved in the flat-plane work as well. The Normand artists stopped carving after the death of one of the sisters in an airplane crash in the early 1950’s.
