Albert Dumouchel, printmaker*, painter, and teacher studied etching* and lithography* in Paris. In Montreal in 1945, he participated in the "cadavres exquis" experiments with Leon Bellefleur, Jean... Read full biography
Albert Dumouchel, printmaker*, painter, and teacher studied etching* and lithography* in Paris. In Montreal in 1945, he participated in the "cadavres exquis" experiments with Leon Bellefleur, Jean Benoit, Jean Leonard, Mimi Parent and Alfred Pellan, and, in 1947 and 1949, published two famous... Read full biography
Albert Dumouchel, printmaker*, painter, and teacher studied etching* and lithography* in Paris. In Montreal in 1945, he participated in the "cadavres exquis" experiments with Leon Bellefleur, Jean Benoit, Jean Leonard, Mimi Parent and Alfred Pellan, and, in 1947 and 1949, published two famous issues of Les Ateliers d'arts Graphiques, the review of Montreal's Institute of Graphic Arts. In 1948, he joined the free-art "Prisme d'yeux"* group, and later made contributions to the first publications... Read full biography
Albert Dumouchel, printmaker*, painter, and teacher studied etching* and lithography* in Paris. In Montreal in 1945, he participated in the "cadavres exquis" experiments with Leon Bellefleur, Jean Benoit, Jean Leonard, Mimi Parent and Alfred Pellan, and, in 1947 and 1949, published two famous issues of Les Ateliers d'arts Graphiques, the review of Montreal's Institute of Graphic Arts. In 1948, he joined the free-art "Prisme d'yeux"* group, and later made contributions to the first publications of Roland Giguere Editions Erta. Between 1949 and 1954, his lithographs illustrated Giguere's Faire naître, Les Nuits abat-jour and Les Armes blanches. Giguere interested Dumouchel in the Cobra* movement, and his work appeared in the Revue... Read full biography
Albert Dumouchel, printmaker*, painter, and teacher studied etching* and lithography* in Paris. In Montreal in 1945, he participated in the "cadavres exquis" experiments with Leon Bellefleur, Jean Benoit, Jean Leonard, Mimi Parent and Alfred Pellan, and, in 1947 and 1949, published two famous issues of Les Ateliers d'arts Graphiques, the review of Montreal's Institute of Graphic Arts. In 1948, he joined the free-art "Prisme d'yeux"* group, and later made contributions to the first publications of Roland Giguere Editions Erta. Between 1949 and 1954, his lithographs illustrated Giguere's Faire naître, Les Nuits abat-jour and Les Armes blanches. Giguere interested Dumouchel in the Cobra* movement, and his work appeared in the Revue internationale de l'art expérimental - Cobra (1954), and in Phases de l'art contempo... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (9)
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Egregore: A History of the Montreal Automatist Movement
1998
Ellenwood, Ray
357 pages (color)
Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection
1992
Paikowsky, Sandra and Lois Valliant
59 pages (color)
Printmaking in Quebec, 1900-1950
1990
Martin, Denis
148 pages (color)
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
Canadian Prints and Drawings: With a Collection of Photographs by Yousuf Karsh
1967
Fenwick, Kathleen M. and Yousuf Karsh, Roger Duhamel
64 pages
Modern Painting in French Canada
1967
Viau, Guy
93 pages
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Townsend, William
47 pages (color)
Surrealism in Canadian Painting (London Public Library and Art Museum)