About Armand Vaillancourt

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    Armand Vaillancourt CQ (1929) (1)

    A prominent Canadian sculptor, painter, performance artist and printmaker, Armand Vaillancourt was born in Black Lake, Quebec (about 100 miles east of Montreal) and has lived in Montreal for most of his life. Hundreds of his works are in Canadian Museums. His most famous monumental sculpture is Vaillancourt Fountain located at Justin Herman Plaza, on the Embarcadero in San Francisco.

    His most well-known mediums are burnt wood, welded steel, bronze, cast iron, and happenings*. He has also worked in aluminum, concrete (Justin Herman Plaza sculpture), marble (Lac des Castors fountain, Montreal), clay, granite, carved wood, found objects*, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, assemblage*, aquatint*...

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