Thomas Brisson. Sculptor. Wood carver. Weaver. Saint Gervais, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.
Thomas Brisson made wood carvings and also was a weaver. He was first mentioned and collected in The Canadian Museum of Civilization by Ethnologist Jean-Francois Blanchette. (See the link below.)
A link to the Canadian Museum of Civilization. ‘Du Coq a Lame’:
http://www.museedelhistoire.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/art-quebec/art-quebec2_1-f.shtml
Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And: Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012, Vol. 2.
Ref: Jean-Francois Blanchette. Du Coq a l’ame:l’art Populaire a Quebec, Presse Universite D’Ottawa, 2014.
Ref: Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies of the National Museum of Man, From the Heart:
Folk Art in Canada, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, c1983.
