Henri Conolley. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Pointe-Bleue, Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Henri Conolley,  is a Montagnais from the Mashteuiatsh (Pointe-Bleue) First Nations reserve in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. He carved decorative crooked knives, walking sticks and other utensils. He is cited in The Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies.

Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

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

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

Emilie Brousseau. Fabric artist. Rug hooker. Saint-Simon, Quebec. Active early 20th century.

Emilie Brousseau made decorative hooked rugs with pictorial designs.

Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

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

Adeodat Belanger. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Gabriel, Rimouski County, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Adeodat Belanger was a primitive artist. His themes were religious and social. He made carvings of injured veterans of war for example as well as crucifix carvings and crucifixes in bottles – these were complicated and decorative. He was a maker of violins and carved clock cases and pipe shelves as well as small animals. Adeodat Belanger was comfortable carving in the round or making relief works and he also used ‘as found’ materials such as metal, glass, paper and fur. He made collages and assemblies with these materials. He didn’t paint or colour his carvings and he rarely signed or dated them.

Ref: Jean Simard, Pour Passer Le Temps: Artistes Populaires Du Quebec, Gouvernement du Quebec, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1985.

Guy Boulizon. Painter. Montreal, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.

Guy Boulizon was a painter in the ‘naif’ tradition of Rousseau. An editor and art historian, Boulizon also was  a co-author of “Ces Paintres du Quebec et de L’Acadie”; a book about the ‘naif’ school in Quebec and Acadia.

Ref: G. Boulizon, Y. Daigle and A-M. Bost, Ces Peintres du Quebec et de L’Acadie. Ville Saint-Laurent.Editions du Trecarre. (1989).

Marie-Rosee Bouchard. Rug Hooker. Painter. Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec. Active early to late 20th century.

Marie-Rosee Bouchard worked with other family members at Moulin Cesar. She was known for her work with her sister, Mary Bouchard, designing and making hooked rugs in the 1930’s. Later in her life after her own children were grown, she became a painter, making paintings that she gave to her children.

A link to more background information about the Bouchard artists:

http://www.galerielacorniche.com/blog/marie-cecile-bouchard/