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Born 1932 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Geometric abstract-op, sculptor.
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he... Read full biography
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he attended the Acadamie Ranson. His time in Paris was not fruitful, and in 1953 he returned to... Read full biography
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he attended the Acadamie Ranson. His time in Paris was not fruitful, and in 1953 he returned to Montreal where he became associated with an artistic community that included the Canadian painter Rita Letendre (b 1929) and Guido Molinari. These artists were then moving away from the Automatism of... Read full biography
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he attended the Acadamie Ranson. His time in Paris was not fruitful, and in 1953 he returned to Montreal where he became associated with an artistic community that included the Canadian painter Rita Letendre (b 1929) and Guido Molinari. These artists were then moving away from the Automatism of Paul-Emile Borduas towards Tachism, and Tousignant exhibited 13 Tachist works at the Galerie de l'Echouerie in Montreal in 1955. In 1956, after a brief interest in the works of Sam Francis and Mark Rothko, he began to produce hard-edge painting using two or... Read full biography
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he attended the Acadamie Ranson. His time in Paris was not fruitful, and in 1953 he returned to Montreal where he became associated with an artistic community that included the Canadian painter Rita Letendre (b 1929) and Guido Molinari. These artists were then moving away from the Automatism of Paul-Emile Borduas towards Tachism, and Tousignant exhibited 13 Tachist works at the Galerie de l'Echouerie in Montreal in 1955. In 1956, after a brief interest in the works of Sam Francis and Mark Rothko, he began to produce hard-edge painting using two or three contrasted colours, as in Place of Infinity. This move was influenced by the writing... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Sixties in Canada (National Gallery of Canada)
2005
(Exhibition catalog)Leclerc, Denise; Pierre Dessureault; National Gallery of Canada188 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesPleasures of Sight and States of Being: Radical Abstract Painting Since 1990 (Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee)
2001Nasgaard, Roald60 pages (color)Concordia Collects: Selected Art Acquisitions, 1974-2000 (Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
2000Antaki, Karen72 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesDepth Markers: Selected Art Writings, 1985-1994, Volume One
1995Campbell, James D.397 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesMasterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)230 pages (color)The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989) (Art Gallery of Hamilton)
1989Fox, Ross and Grace Inglis122 pages (color)Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989Naylor, Colin (editor)1,059 pagesMontreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing417 pagesA Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988Reid, Dennis418 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesModern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art
1978Fenton, Terry; Karen Wilken119 pages (color)16 Quebec Painters in Their Milieu
1978Paradis, Andree; Claude Beaulieu, Jules Bazin171 pages (color)Forum 76 (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Rosshandler, Leo and Germain Lefebvre95 pagesMystic Circle: Burnaby Art Gallery
1973Lhalungpa, Lobsang Phuntshok and George Woodcock156 pages (color)A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973Reid, Dennis319 pages (color)Contemporary Canadian Painting
1972Withrow, William224 pages (color)Canadian Art Today
1970Townsend, William114 pages (color)The Canada Council Collection (National Gallery of Canada)
1969Thompson, David64 pages (color)Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy254 pages (color)Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld128 pages (color)The Responsive Eye
1965
(Exhibition catalog)Seitz, William C56 pages (color)Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada)
1965
(Exhibition catalog)Townsend, William47 pages (color)