Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
Octave Morel. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Quebec City, Quebec. Active mid – late 19th century.
Octave Morel was a sculptor of animals, religious works and other objects in wood.
Ref: Marius Barbeau, J’ai vu Québec. Québec City: Garneau.(1957).
Ref:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Link to article at French Cultural Heritage website (see note 12):
http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-470/Animal_Folk_Art.html#5
Alphonse Toussaint. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Jean-port-Joli, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.
Alphonse Toussaint was a nephew of the three brothers. He joined the studio of Andre Bourgault in the mid to late 1930’s and made painted carvings of Quebec people in traditional costume. His carvings were well made with distinct and very expressive faces. Signed examples of his work are rare but can be found. He signed usually in script: Alphonse T. Bourgault or Alph. Toussaint Bourgault and simply Alphonse Toussaint. I have not seen a mark with a hyphen. It is my understanding that his family name is Toussaint and he (as did his brother Leon Toussaint) used ‘Bourgault’ to identify with the studios of his well-known uncles (where they both were working at the time). He married Cecile Bernier in 1943.
A pair of carvings by Alphonse Toussaint ( Bourgault) with his mark:
Alphonse Toussaint Bourgault . Early 1940’s.
The mark of Alphonse T. Bourgault:
Alphonse Toussaint Bourgault. His mark in script.
Another mark. Alph. Toussaint Bourgault:
Alphpnse Toussaint Bourgault. His mark.
A carving of a Woman by Alphonse Toussaint (3rd Mark):
Alphonse Toussaint. Woman. 1930s.
Alphonse Toussaint. Third mark:
Alphonse Toussaint. 3rd Mark.
From La Dictionnaire des Artistes de Langue Francais en Amerique du Nord:
Leon Ipperciel. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Montebello, Quebec. Active 1965- 1982.
Leon Ipperciel made scale models of railway steam engines in wood and metal as well as models of the boats that plied the Ottawa River.
Ref:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Louise Fleury. Painter-woodcarver. Bic, Quebec. Active late 20th century.
See the article on Francois Delaney for a complete description of her work.
The mark of Louise Fleury and Francois Delany:
Delany/Fleury. Bic, Quebec. Their mark.
Francois Delaney. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Bic, Quebec. Active late 20th century.
Francois Delaney. His name is found, along with the name of Louise Fleury, on carved and painted Fish, animals and delicate small song birds. Louise Fleury may have been the colorist of these carvings or she possibly carved in her own right. The carvings were usually signed “Delaney/Fleury on the base and I always found them along the lower Gulf of St-Lawrence, in Bic and other towns on the shore highway. An example of one of their Fish carvings is shown.
A carving of a Fish by Francois Delaney and Louise Fleury:
Delany-Fleury. Bic, Quebec. Carving of a Fish.
Delaney/Fleury. Their mark:
Delany/Fleury. Bic, Quebec. Their mark.
