Alfred Pellan was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist, theatrical designer, muralist and educator. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and died in Laval (a Montreal suburb), Quebec... Read full biography
Alfred Pellan was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist, theatrical designer, muralist and educator. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and died in Laval (a Montreal suburb), Quebec where he lived most of his life. He also lived in Paris, France for two extended periods, 1926 to 1940... Read full biography
Alfred Pellan was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist, theatrical designer, muralist and educator. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and died in Laval (a Montreal suburb), Quebec where he lived most of his life. He also lived in Paris, France for two extended periods, 1926 to 1940 and 1952 to 1955. His mediums were oil, watercolour, gouache, ink, silkscreen, lithograph, serigraph, etching, charcoal, graphite and mixed mediums. His subjects were still life, landscape, urban... Read full biography
Alfred Pellan was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist, theatrical designer, muralist and educator. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and died in Laval (a Montreal suburb), Quebec where he lived most of his life. He also lived in Paris, France for two extended periods, 1926 to 1940 and 1952 to 1955. His mediums were oil, watercolour, gouache, ink, silkscreen, lithograph, serigraph, etching, charcoal, graphite and mixed mediums. His subjects were still life, landscape, urban scenes, figures, portraits, eroticism, allegory, dreams, fantasy, symbolism, colour, shape and texture. His mature styles were Surrealism and Abstraction. Intense colours, fluid linear rhythms and two-dimensionality identify most of his work. Quote: "I... Read full biography
Alfred Pellan was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist, theatrical designer, muralist and educator. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and died in Laval (a Montreal suburb), Quebec where he lived most of his life. He also lived in Paris, France for two extended periods, 1926 to 1940 and 1952 to 1955. His mediums were oil, watercolour, gouache, ink, silkscreen, lithograph, serigraph, etching, charcoal, graphite and mixed mediums. His subjects were still life, landscape, urban scenes, figures, portraits, eroticism, allegory, dreams, fantasy, symbolism, colour, shape and texture. His mature styles were Surrealism and Abstraction. Intense colours, fluid linear rhythms and two-dimensionality identify most of his work. Quote: "I began painting landscapes, and still life and figurative portraits. But then I st... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (43)
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Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925-1955
2017
Carney, Lora Senechal
322 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
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)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989) (Art Gallery of Hamilton)
1989
Fox, Ross and Grace Inglis
122 pages (color)
Industrial Images (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Donegan, Rosemary
143 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Art, Design and the Modern Corporation (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Harris, Neil/Martina R Norelli
135 pages (color)
The Hand Holding the Brush: Self Portraits by Canadian Artists
1983
Stacey, Robert
132 pages
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
20th Century Canadian Drawings
1979
Morris, Jerrold
107 pages
Modern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art
1978
Fenton, Terry; Karen Wilken
119 pages (color)
A Canadian Survey: Selected Works from the Collection of Imperial Oil Limited (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1978
Moses, Gerry
52 pages (color)
16 Quebec Painters in Their Milieu
1978
Paradis, Andree; Claude Beaulieu, Jules Bazin
171 pages (color)
Through Canadian Eyes: Trends and Influences in Canadian Art, 1815-1965 (Glenbow Museum)
1976
Williamson, Moncrieff
88 pages (color)
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Painters of Quebec-National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Hubbard, R.H.
212 pages
Pellan
1973
Lefebvre, Germain
159 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
The Nude in Canadian Painting
1972
Morris, Jerrold
89 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Painting
1972
Withrow, William
224 pages (color)
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Canadian Painting 1850-1950 National Gallery Travelling Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1967
National Gallery of Canada
32 pages (color)
Modern Painting in French Canada
1967
Viau, Guy
93 pages
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Townsend, William
47 pages (color)
Art and Man---The Modern World (Book Three of 3 Volumes)
1964
Brieger, P.H.; George Vickers, F.E. Winter
234 pages (color)
Surrealism in Canadian Painting (London Public Library and Art Museum)
1964
O'Brien, Paddy
10 pages
Fifteen Canadian Artists (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
1963
Turner, Evan H.; William J. Withrow
48 pages (color)
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
35 Painters of Today
1957
Leduc, Fernand
47 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)