Lise Gervais | |
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![]() Self-portrait, ca. 1953 | |
Born | Saint-Césaire, Quebec, Canada | 2 September 1933
Died | 30 April 1998 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | (aged 64)
Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
Movement | Automatistes |
Lise Gervais (1933–1998) was a Canadian abstract painter and sculptor. She was president of the Conseil des Artistes Peintres du Quebec in 1983 and 1984. [1]
Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec on 2 September 1933. [2] She studied painting and sculpture at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. [3] Her teachers included Jacques de Tonnancour and fr:Stanley Cosgrove, and sculpture with Louis Archambault. [4]
In 1961 she had her first one-woman show at Galerie Denyse Delrue in Montreal. [3] Her style is associated with the Automatistes and Paul-Émile Borduas. [1]
For many years she taught art in Montreal at the Ecole des beaux-arts, the Université du Québec, and Concordia University. [1]
In 1983 she was elected president of the Conseil des Artistes-Peintres du Quebec. [3]
Gervais died on 30 April 1998 in Montreal. [2]
Selected exhibitions [1]
Lise Gervais | |
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![]() Self-portrait, ca. 1953 | |
Born | Saint-Césaire, Quebec, Canada | 2 September 1933
Died | 30 April 1998 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | (aged 64)
Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
Movement | Automatistes |
Lise Gervais (1933–1998) was a Canadian abstract painter and sculptor. She was president of the Conseil des Artistes Peintres du Quebec in 1983 and 1984. [1]
Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec on 2 September 1933. [2] She studied painting and sculpture at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. [3] Her teachers included Jacques de Tonnancour and fr:Stanley Cosgrove, and sculpture with Louis Archambault. [4]
In 1961 she had her first one-woman show at Galerie Denyse Delrue in Montreal. [3] Her style is associated with the Automatistes and Paul-Émile Borduas. [1]
For many years she taught art in Montreal at the Ecole des beaux-arts, the Université du Québec, and Concordia University. [1]
In 1983 she was elected president of the Conseil des Artistes-Peintres du Quebec. [3]
Gervais died on 30 April 1998 in Montreal. [2]
Selected exhibitions [1]