Denyse Gadbois | |
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Born | 1921 Montreal |
Died | 2013 (aged 91–92) |
Known for | Painter, muralist and sculptor |
Denyse Gadbois (1921 – 2013) was a Canadian artist and professor who worked in painting, mural art and sculpture. [1] [2]
Gadbois was born in Montreal and studied at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1944) with Goodridge Roberts and then in Paris at the Académie Julian. [3] She returned to Canada and in 1945 won a prize for figure painting at the Quebec Provincial Competition. In 1947, she exhibited Girl in Blue at the Riverside Museum, New York in a show entitled "Exhibition of Canadian Women Painters". [4]
Besides painting, she created a series of large murals for the Dominion Textile Company. [4] Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [1] and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria [5]
Denyse Gadbois | |
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Born | 1921 Montreal |
Died | 2013 (aged 91–92) |
Known for | Painter, muralist and sculptor |
Denyse Gadbois (1921 – 2013) was a Canadian artist and professor who worked in painting, mural art and sculpture. [1] [2]
Gadbois was born in Montreal and studied at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1944) with Goodridge Roberts and then in Paris at the Académie Julian. [3] She returned to Canada and in 1945 won a prize for figure painting at the Quebec Provincial Competition. In 1947, she exhibited Girl in Blue at the Riverside Museum, New York in a show entitled "Exhibition of Canadian Women Painters". [4]
Besides painting, she created a series of large murals for the Dominion Textile Company. [4] Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [1] and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria [5]