Louise Patenaude. Sculptor. Wood carver. Richelieux Valley, Quebec. Active late 20th century.

Louise Patenaude is a bird carver living South of Montreal. She carves from nature and her birds are very well coloured. Her birds are signed on the base.

A carving of a Flicker by Louise Patenaude. Signed on the base:

Louise Patenaude. Carving of a Filcker. 1990’s.

Her mark:

Louise Patenaude. Detail of her mark.

Emile Mailloux. Painter. Quebec. (Charlevoix County?) Active late 19th-early 20th century.

Emile Mailloux was the painter of a striking naive painting. An oil on canvas of a  winter scene with a sleigh in a village. Signed: “Emile Mailloux” and titled: “Ancien Quebec”. It was made with ‘as found’ materials and colours. (C1900)

Some images:  

Emile Mailloux. L’Ancien Quebec. Oil on Canvas. C. 1900.

Detail of his mark:

Emile Mailloux. Detail of mark.

Robert Toussaint. Sculptor. Wood carver. Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Trois Saumons, Quebec. Active Mid to late 20th century.

Robert Toussaint carved and painted birds. Every kind of bird and waterfowl found in Quebec in different sizes. They were flat plane carvings and always well painted and detailed. Originally from Trois Saumons, Quebec, his wood carvings were made for the carving centre of Saint-jean-Port-Joli and were also found in Galleries throughout Quebec. He organized the Oisellerie Trois Saumons and all the birds carved there were stamped on the base with that mark (illustrated below).

A Duck carving by Robert Toussaint. About 7 inches high:

Robert Toussaint. Wood carver. Trois Saumons Quebec.

Another view:

Robert Toussaint. Wood carver. Trois Saumons Quebec.

The mark of L’Oiesellerie Trois Saumons:

Robert Toussaint. Wood carver. Trois Saumons. Mark.

A wall mounted Eastern Blue Bird by Robert Toussaint (1985):

Robert Toussaint Carving of an Eastern Bluebird. 1985.

The Mark:

Robert Toussaint. His mark on Eastern Blue Bird.

Roland Villeneuve. Sculptor. Wood carver. Mirabel, (Laurentides) Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.

Roland Villeneuve made nieve carvings, mostly of farm animals, and always well painted. He carved in Pine and sometimes used ‘as found’ materials for details (real hair for a horse’s tail for example). He lived and worked in the lower Laurentian mountains north of Montreal.

Some examples of Villeneuve’s work can be found here. (Link to the flickr site of Jacques Pleau):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoplo/9421298151/in/set-72157634905368276/

Yvon Mimeault. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Mont-Louise, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.

A carver of painted wood carvings. Mainly animals, wild and domestic. While working as an electrician and living near Matane, Quebec with his family, Yvon Mimeault became an accomplished fiddle player and composer as well as a skilled sculptor and folk artist.

A sample of Yvon Mimeault’s work. (Link to the Flickr site of Jacques Pleau):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoplo/9421266221/in/set-72157634905368276/