H. Doyle. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Doyle made naive carvings in wood including decorative bird carvings. He is cited in Latour’s book in 1975*.

*Ref: Therese Latour. Art Populaire du Quebec. Musee du Quebec. 1975. (French Language).

Ref: Therese Latour. Folk Treasures of Quebec. Musee du Quebec. 1980. (English Language.)

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

Mme Charles Dolbec. Fabric artist. Rug hooker. Sainte-Anne-de-la-Parade, Quebec. Active 1930’s.

Mme Charles Dolbec was a maker of ornamental hooked rugs of landscapes. She hooked in silk and cotton and in wool. Mme Dolbec is cited in the Gauvreau book* (1941).

*Ref: Jean-Marie Gauvreau, Artisans du Quebec: Les Editions du Bien Public, Montreal, Quebec, 1940.

Ref:  An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art. Blake McKendry, Kingston, Ontario. 1999.

Charles Desnoyers. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec. Active mid to late 19th century.

Charles Desnoyers was a sculptor of painted figures. He made religious carvings as well as people. He was cited in Trudel’s book on traditional sculpture in Quebec.*

*Ref: Jean Trudel. Sculpteure Traditional du Quebec. Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1967.

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

Andre Deschenes. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Hilarion, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Andre Deschenes filled his yard in Charlevoix with bird houses, models of wind mills and concrete sculptures of exotic and domestic animals. All in bright primary paints. He was first mentioned in Les Patenteux.

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

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1998).

Alfred Deschenes. Painter. Charlevoix County, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Alfred Deschene was a member of the Charlevoix Primitives; a group of self-taught artists who lived and worked in Charlevoix County from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. He painted figures in the landscapes of Charlevoix; particularly children.

Deschenes and the other members of the Group were featured in the film by Jean Palardy: ‘primitive Painters of Charlevoix’.

Ref: Primitive Painters of Charlevoix. The National Film Board of Canada. Produced and Directed by Jean Palardy. 1947.

Ref: Richard Dube and Francois Tremblay, Peindre un Pays: Charlevoix et ses peintres populaires (Ottawa. Editions Broquet, 1989).

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

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

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