Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and... Read full biography
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and 1950s; an associate of Alfred Pellan (2), Paul-Emile Borduas, Guido Molinari, Jean-Paul Riopelle,... Read full biography
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and 1950s; an associate of Alfred Pellan (2), Paul-Emile Borduas, Guido Molinari, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Gauvreau and most of the other mid 20th-century art legends of Quebec; and, in 2010, he is the oldest surviving (and still working) former member of the Automatistes* and signatory of the Refus... Read full biography
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and 1950s; an associate of Alfred Pellan (2), Paul-Emile Borduas, Guido Molinari, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Gauvreau and most of the other mid 20th-century art legends of Quebec; and, in 2010, he is the oldest surviving (and still working) former member of the Automatistes* and signatory of the Refus Global*. Born in Montreal, Quebec, which is currently his home, Leduc spent much of his life, since 1959, in France and Italy; living in Paris, Chartres and Casano (3). His mediums are oil, gouache*, pastel, acrylic, casein*, collage*, colored pencil,... Read full biography
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and 1950s; an associate of Alfred Pellan (2), Paul-Emile Borduas, Guido Molinari, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Gauvreau and most of the other mid 20th-century art legends of Quebec; and, in 2010, he is the oldest surviving (and still working) former member of the Automatistes* and signatory of the Refus Global*. Born in Montreal, Quebec, which is currently his home, Leduc spent much of his life, since 1959, in France and Italy; living in Paris, Chartres and Casano (3). His mediums are oil, gouache*, pastel, acrylic, casein*, collage*, colored pencil, pen and ink, graphite, serigraph* and mixed mediums. As an abstractionist his subjects are color, shape,... Read full biography
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About Fernand Leduc: Books
Books & Publications (27)
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Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925-1955
2017
Carney, Lora Senechal
322 pages (color)
Chimere / Shimmer (Quebec Museum of Fine Arts) (Exhibition catalog)
2010
Ninacs, Anne-Marie and Esther Trepanier
95 pages (color)
Abstract Painting in Canada (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Nasgaard, Roald
432 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
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Egregore: A History of the Montreal Automatist Movement
1998
Ellenwood, Ray
357 pages (color)
Kaleidoscope: An Exhibition by Quebec Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1998
Henry, Pierre
66 pages
Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection
1992
Paikowsky, Sandra and Lois Valliant
59 pages (color)
Total Refusal (Refus Global): The Complete 1948 Manifesto of the Montreal Automatists
1991
Borduas, Paul; Claude Gauvreau, Bruno Cornier, et all
119 pages
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)
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)
Selections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1982
Wilkin, Karen
48 pages (color)
16 Quebec Painters in Their Milieu
1978
Paradis, Andree; Claude Beaulieu, Jules Bazin
171 pages (color)
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974
Lord, Barry
253 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
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes)
1971
Bell, David
2,139 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)
The Ontario Centennial Art Exhibition (Ontario Council for the Arts)
1967
Robertson, Bryan
60 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)
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III