L. Garnier. Painter. Quebec (?) Active 20th century.

From a signed painting found in Quebec. A naive and well executed oil on a panel of a house on a lake. C. 1960. Signed in the lower right: L. Garnier.

An Image:

L. Garnier. Quebec. Naive painting.

Bill Male. Painter. Folk artist. Montreal, Quebec. Active second half of the  20th century.

Bill Male painted the world around him in bright primary colors. His paintings were usually full of people; often dancing or at play inside dance halls, restaurants and bars or outside in Apple orchards or farm fields. There was often music and often a solitary watcher. His work was primitive and powerful and skillful. He usually worked on masonite and artist board and signed his work  (“Male” and the date ) in one of the lower corners.

Some examples of his work (from a private collection):

Bill Male. ‘In The Orchard’:

Bill Male. Montreal, Que. In the Orchard. Oil on Panel.

Bill Male. ‘Dinner Party in Hudson:

Bill Male. Montreal, Que. Dinner Party. Oil on Panel.

The Market in the Orchard:

Bill Male. Laprairie, Quebec. The Apple Orchard.

Bill Male. His mark:

Bill Male. Laprairie, Quebec. The Apple Orchard. His mark.

Bruno Desaulniers. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Louiseville, Quebec. Active mid to late 2oth c.

Bruno Desaulniers was the fourth of six generations of wood carvers from the family.  They carved decoys and made ornamental carvings of ducks and geese.  Bruno Desaulniers and his son Claude both signed with their Initials carved on the bottom of their work.

A carving of a standing Duck by Bruno Desaulniers.  Signed “B. D.” on the bottom:

Bruno Desaulniers. Carving of duck. Signed ‘B.D.’ On the base.1970’s.

Bruno Desaulniers’ mark:

Bruno Desaulniers. His mark.

See the entry for Claude Desaulniers:

(  http://lyleelderfolkart.com/artist-bios/claude-desaulniers/ )

Claude Desaulniers. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Louiseville, Quebec. Active last quarter 20th century.

   Claude Desaulniers operated “Artisinat Claude Desaulniers” and was from Louiseville Quebec.Six generations of the Desaulnier family have been involved in woodcarving; making mainly birds; ornamental ducks, geese and decoys. Claude Desaulniers was the fifth. They worked in pine and their carvings were well painted. Claude Desaulniers’ father, Bruno Desaulniers, also carved (4th). Their pieces were generally signed with initials: “C.D.” “B.D.” etc. (One of Claude Desaulniers Goose decoys was in the McCord Museum’s Exhibition: ‘Simply Montreal’ in 2009.)

An example of Claude Desaulniers’ work. A Canada Goose; wall mounted:  

Claude Desaulniers. Carving of Canada Goose.

Lucien Bolduc. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Compton, Estrie, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.

Lucien Bolduc lived most of his life in Magog. As a child he started making woodcarvings in his spare time. He went on to make carvings of horse-drawn wagons and farm implements eventually participating in  local and provincial wood carving exhibitions and appeared in  newspapers and on television. He started carving for sale around 1953 and sold at local exhibitions. Until 1968 he carved only animals, horse-drawn wagons and sleds. After the late 1960’s his work included wayside crosses. From 1976 on he did toys, small objects, lamps etc.        M. Z.

Lucien Bolduc. Carving of a White Horse:

Louis Bolduc. Carving of a White Horse.

The Mark of Lucien Bolduc:

Louis Bolduc. His mark.

Lucien Bolduc. Carving of a Horse-drawn Beer Sled. 1960’s:

Lucien Bolduc. Magog, Quebec. Beer Sled. 1960s.

Ref: Pour passer le temps: artistes populaires du Québec. SIMARD Jean, Bernard Genest, Francine Labonté et René Bouchard. Québec, ministère des Affaires culturelles – collection Les publications du Québec, les Cahiers du patrimoine 17, 1985.

Ref: Mark Zannis.