Lise Gervais CSEA, ASQ, SAPQ, CAPQ (1933 - 1998). A prominent Canadian painter, sculptor and educator, Lise Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec (about 25 miles east of Montreal) and died in... Read full biography
Lise Gervais CSEA, ASQ, SAPQ, CAPQ (1933 - 1998). A prominent Canadian painter, sculptor and educator, Lise Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec (about 25 miles east of Montreal) and died in Montreal. She belonged to what is informally referred to as the Quebec Modern Group*. Her works are in... Read full biography
Lise Gervais CSEA, ASQ, SAPQ, CAPQ (1933 - 1998). A prominent Canadian painter, sculptor and educator, Lise Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec (about 25 miles east of Montreal) and died in Montreal. She belonged to what is informally referred to as the Quebec Modern Group*. Her works are in the permanent collections of numerous Canadian museums. Her mediums included oil, watercolor, gouache*, acrylic, pastel, ink, fiberglass, stainless steel, and mixed mediums. The majority of her work... Read full biography
Lise Gervais CSEA, ASQ, SAPQ, CAPQ (1933 - 1998). A prominent Canadian painter, sculptor and educator, Lise Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec (about 25 miles east of Montreal) and died in Montreal. She belonged to what is informally referred to as the Quebec Modern Group*. Her works are in the permanent collections of numerous Canadian museums. Her mediums included oil, watercolor, gouache*, acrylic, pastel, ink, fiberglass, stainless steel, and mixed mediums. The majority of her work was non objective, the subjects being shape, color and texture. Her painting styles included Abstract Expressionism*, Color Field painting* and Fauvism*. Her sculpture style was Concrete Art*. AskART has many excellent examples of her paintings; for... Read full biography
Lise Gervais CSEA, ASQ, SAPQ, CAPQ (1933 - 1998). A prominent Canadian painter, sculptor and educator, Lise Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec (about 25 miles east of Montreal) and died in Montreal. She belonged to what is informally referred to as the Quebec Modern Group*. Her works are in the permanent collections of numerous Canadian museums. Her mediums included oil, watercolor, gouache*, acrylic, pastel, ink, fiberglass, stainless steel, and mixed mediums. The majority of her work was non objective, the subjects being shape, color and texture. Her painting styles included Abstract Expressionism*, Color Field painting* and Fauvism*. Her sculpture style was Concrete Art*. AskART has many excellent examples of her paintings; for two illustrations of her sculptures we recommend the book Sculpture 67 (1968), by Dorothy Cameron and Don Wallace (p.103). Ge... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
Sculpture/Toronto: An Illustrated Guide to Toronto's Historic and Contemporary Sculpture with Area Maps
1994
Ardiel, June
147 pages
Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa: G-K: Canadian Art Volume Two (National Gallery of Canada)
1994
Lantry, Pierre B. Claire Champ et. al (General Editors)
401 pages
Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection
1992
Paikowsky, Sandra and Lois Valliant
59 pages (color)
By A Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women
1992
Tippett, Maria
226 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)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Farr, Dorothy; Natalie Luckyj
81 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Quebec 74 (Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Saint-Martin, Fernande
124 pages
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Creative and Performing Arts (Two Volumes)
1972
Rodney, Helen M.
616 pages
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
Sculpture 67 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Cameron, Dorothy, and Don Wallace
115 pages
Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University at Kingston
1968
Smith, Frances K.
195 pages
Modern Painting in French Canada
1967
Viau, Guy
93 pages
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)