Marcel St. Germain. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Montreal, Que. Active late 20th century.

Marcel St. Germain was a carver of birds. They were always painted and often mounted on varnished Pine wood panels. His work is occasionally seen with an applied printed label on the reverse with his name and address, but his work is often not signed.

An example of a carved Bird by Marcel St. Germain is shown below:

Marcel St. Germain. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Montreal, Quebec. Bird carving.

Marcel St. Germain. His mark:

Marcel St. Germain. Woodcarver. Montreal, Que. His mark.

Gratien Milette. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Sainte-Adele, Quebec. Active third quarter 20th century.

A primitive wood carver, Gratien Milette is known for making deep relief carvings of farm life. They were not colored or finished. One is shown below. It is signed and dated on the reverse (1980).

Gratien Milette. A primitive carving of A farmer in the stable:

Gratien Millete. The Farmer in the Stable.

His mark:

Gratien Milette. His Mark.

C. Dubeau. Sculptor. Woodcarver. St. Jovite, Quebec. Active early to mid 20th century.

Dubeau made painted relief carvings and they were usually outdoor-sport related. Hunting and fishing, in particular, were his favorite themes. His work was often to be found in the cottages and hunting lodges of the Laurentian mountains north of Montreal. His carvings were strong and very well painted in ‘as found’ colours. The relief work that I have seen by him date from the 1920’s and 1930’s and were in the 18 x 20 inch range in size.

C. Dubeau. A painted relief carving of a hunter  with a canoe on landing on shore behind him. There is a Black Bear approaching through the trees:

C. Dubeau. Relief Carving. St. Jovite, Quebec.

His mark:

C. Dubeau. Saint-Jovite.His Mark.

Armand Guilbeault. Sculptor. Painter. Hudson, Quebec. Active 1960’s.

Armand Guilbeault. Shown below is a signed applied relief carving of Hunters on Horseback and a pack of Dogs. It is made of plywood and painted with ‘as found’ colors. It dates from aboit 1960.

Armand Guilbeault. Applied relief Carving:

Armand Guilbeault. Applied relief carving of Hunters and dogs. 1960.

Detail showing his Mark:

Armand Guilbeault. Detail of Mark.

Label on the reverse:

Armand Guilbeault. Label.

Hermenegilde Vigneault. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Natashquan, Quebec. Active late 20th century.

Hermenegilde Vignault lives in a small village on Quebec’s Lower North Shore. A cousin of the singer Gilles Vignault, M. Vignault carves and paints the birds and animals of the Lower North Shore region. The village lies East of Sept-Isles; it is about as far east as the road goes on that shore. (Quebec’s Highway 138 ends at Kegashka a few miles East.) He usually signs and dates his carvings and has been working since the late 1980’s.

Hermenegilde Vigneault is also a fiddler and has recorded a CD called “Les reels du sculpteur”. (‘The reels of the sculptor’.)