Arthur Guindon. Painter. Ethnologist. Montreal, Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec. Active late 19th – early 20th century.

Pierre Guindon made naive/surrealistic paintings of the folk-lore and traditions of the First Nations people of the Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes region of Quebec and also of Quebec legends and early popular culture. Guindon was a self-taught artist who worked in a variety of media: charcoal, pencil, gouache and oils. Some of his works are preserved at the Vieux Seminaire-de-Saint Sulpice in Montreal.

An Example of Arthur Guindon’s work. The Ghost of La Corriveau scaring a traveller:

Arthur Guindon. La Corriveau and a traveller.

Ref: Harper. Early Painters and Engravers of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1970.

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

Ref: Delandre, Dickenson and Hubert. Les Sulpiciens de Montréal: une histoire de pouvoir et de discrétion, Montréal: Fides, 2007.

Ernest Gendron. Painter. Montreal, Quebec. Active 1950 – .

Ernest Gendron was a self taught naive artist. After working as a lumberjack and as circus and carnival worker Gendron settled in Montreal in 1950 where he developed a style of enamel painting using wooden tooth picks and matchsticks as brushes. The artist virtually “sculpted paint”, applying layer after layer of colour.  Gendron painted the people of his time; politicians, entertainers and ordinary Quebecers at their occupations.He was well recognized in the late 1960’s and 70’s but Gendron was fairly reclusive and seemed to avoid the spotlight. He was born in Saint-Marc-de-Carrieres, Quebec in 1912.

He was cited in La Vie des Arts in 1974 (see article below).

Ref: Leo Rosshandler, Vie  des  Arts, vol. 19, no. 75, 1974.

A link to the article on Erudit site. (French Language):

https://www.erudit.org/culture/va1081917/va1189715/57738ac.pdf

Ref: National Gallery of Canada. Artists in Canada. Union List of Artist’s Files.Ottawa. 1982.

Ref: Bihaji-MerinWorld Encyclopedia of Naïve Art. Scranton: Scala Philip/Wilson. 1985.

Ref: Lerner. and Williamson, Art and Architecture in Canada. A Bibliography …to 1981. University of Totonto Press. 1991.

Phileas Gagnon. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Charlevoix County, Quebec. Active 1930’s.

Phileas Gagnon was cited in Baker’s “Images of Charlevoix”. 1981  (A ‘Wilfrid Gagnon is also cited. Perhaps a brother.)

Ref: Victoria baker. Images of Charlevoix 1784-1950. Montreal: Museum of Fine Arts. 1981.

Ludwig Flancer. Painter. Montreal, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Ludwig Flancer was a naive painter of portraits, landscapes, animals and religious subjects. He often painted the Quebec country side.

Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).

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

Jean-Charles Faucher. Painter. Montreal, Quebec. Active mid 20th century – .

Jean-Charles Faucher is a naive artist. He painted scenes of city life, often with people and children. His pictures were full of movement and energy. He was cited in Boulizon.

A Painting by Jean-Charles Faucher:

Jean-Charles Faucher. Montreal. C. 1940. The School Yard.

Ref: The Developement of Painting in Canada: 1665-1945. National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa. 1945.

Ref: Marius Barbeau. Painters of Quebec. Toronto: Ryerson Press. 1946.

Ref: Graham McInnes. Canadian Art. McMillan. Toronto. 1950.

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