Bernard Seguin-Poirier - Artist Info

About Bernard Seguin-Poirier

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Bernard Seguin Poirier
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    Bernard SÉGUIN-POIRIER, Enamel Painter, 1949-2023

    Born in Montreal in 1949, in what is now the Plateau Mont-Royal, Bernard Séguin Poirier is the fourth in a family of seven children. His father, Marcel Poirier, was a goldsmith and jeweler and his mother, Rolande Séguin, a painter and sculptor.

    Bernard Séguin-Poirier learned drawing, sculpture, painting, and goldsmithing before developing a passion for metal enameling. Around the age of seventeen, he left for France where he stayed for two years. He took the opportunity to make a few exploratory visits to Limoges. Armed with a background received first-hand, Limoges being the cradle of enamel, Séguin-Poirier returned to Quebec.

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