Adelard Turgeon. Sculptor. Saint-Anselme, Chaudiere-Appelaches, Quebec. Active first half of the 20th century.

Adelard Turgeon made painted wood carvings of the people around him. He carved his neighbours at play and at work using Pine wood and bright ‘as found’ colours. Turgeon’s work was full of humour and imagination; they were delicate and well painted in ‘as found’ oil paint. He did not sign his work.

Ref:

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/art-quebec/art-quebec4_4-e.shtml

(See the gallery at the bottom of the page.)

Mado.

Madelaine Lizotte. Painter. Madelaine Centre, Gaspe, Quebec often signed her work ‘Mado’.  See the article on Madelaine Lizotte and her art.

Link to Madelaine Lizotte (Mado) biography:

http://lyleelderfolkart.com/artist-bios/lizotte-madelaine-mado/

Joseph Bureau. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec. Active 1940’s.

Joseph Bureau made painted wood sculptures of birds and animals. He was cited in Canadian Antiques and Art Revue.

Ref: Canadian Antiques and Art Review. (1981).

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

Alphonse Bergeron. Sculptor. Ile-aux-Coudre, Quebec and Montreal, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.

Born in Ile-aux-Coudre, Quebec, Alphonse Bergeron live and worked in Montreal as an electrician. A naive and self-taught artist, he was a maker of birds, waterfowl, farm animals, boat models and people. All in paint. he rarely sold his work but gave it to friends and family and he also never signed any of them. His work is powerful and full of color. He was first published in Lessard’s:  “La Nouvelle Encyclopédie des Antiquités du Québec”.

Three Birds by Alphonse Bergeron:

Alphonse Bergeron.

*A bit of background in French to the life and career of Alphonse Bergeron from his nephew, Robert Bergeron:

“Avec un parti pris évident, mon sculpteur d’art populaire préféré est mon oncle Alphonse…
Alphonse Bergeron (1893-1979) Comme je prépare un petit recueil de ses œuvres, j’aimerais
bien si vous avez de celles-ci que vous m’en faisiez part..

Alphonse Bergeron est né à l’Ile-aux-Coudres en juin 1893. Il a pratiqué le métier d’électricien à Montréal et autodidacte, il a réalisé là-bas des pièces naïves d’art populaire comme passe-temps et pour léguer le tout à ses proches…Il a surtout sculpté des pièces animalières (oiseaux, appelants et chevaux surtout) et il s’inspirait
d’illustrations prises dans les National Geographic du temps pour réaliser ses couleurs…Il est décédé en 1979 . La grande majorité des sculptures qu’il a réalisées se retrouvent donc dans sa famille élargie…et ne sont pas offertes sur le marché.”

Robert Bergeron also notes that Lucien Bergeron, the son of Alphonse, (1927-2009) also began to carve birds in his retirement. Like his father he didn’t sign his birds and gifted them to friends and family members. (See the article on Lucien Bergeron.)

Ref: Michel Lessard, La Nouvelle Encyclopdie des Antiquites du Quebec.  Montreal, Editions de L’homme,  2007.

Gerald Mailloux. Sculptor. Wood carver. Baie-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Quebec.  Active 1970’s – .

Gerald Mailloux is a carver of realistic animals,birds and fish. He also carves historical and traditional Quebec figures. He has a life sized carving on permanent display at the Charlevoix Museum in Baie-Saint-Paul.  He carves and finishes in great detail.  Mailloux  signs and dates all of his carvings.

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

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

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

Ref: Canadian Antiques and Art Review. (1980).

Ref: A short film in French with Gerald Mailloux by la Société québécoise d’ethnologie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvuvI2wSmhA

From their excellent series of films:  ‘Les artistes en art populaire de Charlevoix’:

http://ethnologiequebec.org/categorie/videos/