Frederic Cotte. Sculptor. L’Annonciation, Quebec. Active mid-1970’s.

Frederic Cotte made “forms, figures, animals and other things as yard sculptures using ‘as found’ materials. His materials included metal car parts, pipes and stones. He occasionally asked a local welder to help put together his assemblies. His works were highly inventive and dramatic. He was first written about in Les Patenteux du Quebec.*

*Ref: Les Patenteux du Quebec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

Romeo Prevost. Sculptor. Saint-Remi, Quebec. Active 1970’s.

(Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.)

Ernest Joly. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Chomedey, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Ernest Joli was a maker of whirligigs and bird houses. His mechanisms for the whirligigs were highly inventive; incorporating parts from early milk separators and bicycle wheels.  Some of them were carved and painted  boats that ‘sailed’ in the wind through painted wooden waves. Mr. Joly mounted them on wagon wheels facing the wind. He was first mentioned in Les Patenteux-du-Quebec.

Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.

Hosanna Dupuis. Sculptor. Maskinonge, Quebec.

Active in the mid-20th century. M. Dupuis was a naive artist; a sculptor of animals birds and themes. Much of his work went into the Museum of Civilization; promised to them while he was still alive. He called his works ‘Jouets de Dieu’ (Playthings of God). He was inspired by his beliefs and surrounded himself and his house with his sculptures. His work was naive and very sophisticated and his pallet was bright and delicate with ‘as found’ colors. He was featured in the publication: ‘Les Patenteux du Quebec (see reference). My favorite of his ‘playthings’ was his boat; made to look like a running shoe. It was  life sized and in running order. It was also his favorite.

I am including a link to one or two sites below that refer to Hosanna Dupuis as well as an image of a rare work by him (a carved and painted turtle; signed on the base.)

His work is rarely seen in private collections; museums have almost all of it.

The Turtle:

Turtle by Hosanna Dupuis

Gallery link for price and information:

http://lyleelderfolkart.com/artist-bios/dupuis-hosanna/

Link to a carving of a Penguin (Can. Museum of Civilization):

http://collections.civilisations.ca/public/pages/cmccpublic/alt-emupublic/Display.php?irn=71739&QueryPage=Query.php&lang=0

Link to an article published by the American Folk Art Museum:

http://issuu.com/american_folk_art_museum/docs/folkart_22_1_spr1997/61

(Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.)

Edmond Chatigny. Sculptor. Wood carver. Saint-Isidore, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

A primitive artist, M. Chatigny made carvings for himself and for his yard and garden. From flowers to birds and animals. Edmond Chatigny was known for using one larger  carving as a platform for more carvings; sometimes they would pile up. An example sometimes seen is number of smaller animals and birds mounted on the backs of larger ones. He also had a fondness for flowers; often making large bouquets of them. His pallet had four colours for all of his works; red, green, brown and white; with very occasionally shades of these. He was first published in ‘Les Patenteux du Quebec’. Edmond Chatigny’s work is sought after and in many museum and private collections. Edmond Chatigny rarely signed his work.

Edmond Chatigny. Birds. An example of his work from his yard in Saint-Isidore:

Edmond Chatigny. Birds. 1960’s.

Ref: Les Patenteux du Qubec. Louise de Grosbois, Raymonde Lamothe and Lise Nantel, Les Editions Parti Pris, Montreal, 1978.

Ref: Artists in Canada, Union list of Artist’s files. National Gallery of Canada. 1982.

Ref: The Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. From The Heart: Folk Art in Canada. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto. 1983.

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

Ref:  Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.