About Marc-Aurele de Foy Suzor-Cote

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Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor Coté
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    A landscape and historical subject painter in oil and pastel and portrait-bust sculptor in bronze, Marc-Aurele Suzor-Cote was born in Arthabaska, Quebec. He began his career with church decoration projects when he was in secondary school and worked for Joseph Rousseau Company. A major influence on his career was Wilfrid Laurier, from whom he secured numerous decorative commissions.

    From 1891 to 1912, he traveled frequently between Canada, the United States and Europe. He studied in France from 1891 to 1894 and 1897 to 1901, and was a student of Leon Bonnat at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He studied at the Academie Julian with Benjamin Constant, Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury, and also attended the Academie ...

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