About Ulysse Comtois

  • Biography

    Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures.

    He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe, a town about 30 east of there. (1)

    His sculpture mediums included welded steel, aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, bronze and mixed mediums. His painting and graphic mediums included oil, acrylic, gouache*, pastel, colored pencil, graphite, charcoal, ink, collage*, serigraph* and mixed mediums. His subjects were primarily shape, color and texture; although several of his paintings and ...

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