Ernest Levesque. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Pierreville, Quebec. Active Late 20th century.

To celebrate the millennium Ernest Levesque created a series of life-sized carvings of people associated with his own personal history. He made these carvings with ‘as found’ materials, notably roots and branches of trees that he gathered, assembled, carved and painted. These ‘people (“gens de son pays”) were well carved and coloured and full of humour. A number of them have been collected and are in la Musee quebecois de culture populaire de Trois-Rivieres.

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

Emile Lessard. Painter. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Maskinonge, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Emile Lessard was a naive artist. He made paintings of the Quebec landscape and was a sculptor of animals, boat models and some life-sized animal carvings for his yard.

Emile Lessard was known for his ‘maquettes’ or models of famous scenes and also local ones in his village and around the countryside. Maquettes of his ‘Birth house’, ‘The three mills of Maskinonge’, a ‘Barn at Yamachiche’ among many others. As a self-taught artist he mastered many techniques using every day materials to achieve his works. He worked with wood, stone, brick, tin and other metals, glass and cement. He only signed his paintings; occasionally just putting his initials.

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

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

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

Joseph Lemay. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.

Joseph Lemay made Animals, birds and whirligigs for his yard using ‘as found’ materials and colour. He is 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.

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

George and Paul Lefebvre. Sculptors. Lachute, Quebec. Active late 20th century- .

George and Paul Lefebvre make sculptures in a very old tradition using dried walnut and butternut shells. Their work includes doll-house sized furniture and much more imaginative works. They use colour, paint and varnish.

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

Daniel Leduc. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Ste-Anne-de-la-Parade, Quebec. Active late 20th century.

Daniel Leduc began carving decoys.  Eventually he began making relief carvings and fish as well as animals. He always coloured his work. He is a naive sculptor and his work is quite impressionistic.

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