About Lise Gervais

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    Lise Gervais CSEA, ASQ, SAPQ, CAPQ (1933 - 1998)

    A prominent Canadian painter, sculptor and educator, Lise Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec (about 25 miles east of Montreal) and died in Montreal. She belonged to what is informally referred to as the Quebec Modern Group*. Her works are in the permanent collections of numerous Canadian museums.

    Her mediums included oil, watercolor, gouache*, acrylic, pastel, ink, fiberglass, stainless steel, and mixed mediums. The majority of her work was non objective, the subjects being shape, color and texture. Her painting styles included Abstract Expressionism*, Color Field painting* and Fauvism*. Her sculpture style was Concrete Art*. AskART has many excellent examples of her pain...

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