Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a painter and engraver who was born in Sainte-Rose, Quebec, Canada (present day Laval, a part of greater Montreal). He lived in the Montreal area for most of his life except... Read full biography
Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a painter and engraver who was born in Sainte-Rose, Quebec, Canada (present day Laval, a part of greater Montreal). He lived in the Montreal area for most of his life except for a period from 1908 to 1910 when he lived in Edmonton, Alberta. The last three years of his life... Read full biography
Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a painter and engraver who was born in Sainte-Rose, Quebec, Canada (present day Laval, a part of greater Montreal). He lived in the Montreal area for most of his life except for a period from 1908 to 1910 when he lived in Edmonton, Alberta. The last three years of his life were spent in Macanic, Quebec (about 400 miles north of Montreal), which is where he died. His mediums were oil, pastel, watercolour, gouache, charcoal, casein, pen and ink, etching and mixed mediums.... Read full biography
Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a painter and engraver who was born in Sainte-Rose, Quebec, Canada (present day Laval, a part of greater Montreal). He lived in the Montreal area for most of his life except for a period from 1908 to 1910 when he lived in Edmonton, Alberta. The last three years of his life were spent in Macanic, Quebec (about 400 miles north of Montreal), which is where he died. His mediums were oil, pastel, watercolour, gouache, charcoal, casein, pen and ink, etching and mixed mediums. His subjects were mostly landscapes, cityscapes, harbour views, rural scenes and genre. The locations were in Montreal, the Laurentians, the Charlevoix region (north of Quebec City) and the Gaspe Peninsula (all in Quebec). His style was Fauvism. His... Read full biography
Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a painter and engraver who was born in Sainte-Rose, Quebec, Canada (present day Laval, a part of greater Montreal). He lived in the Montreal area for most of his life except for a period from 1908 to 1910 when he lived in Edmonton, Alberta. The last three years of his life were spent in Macanic, Quebec (about 400 miles north of Montreal), which is where he died. His mediums were oil, pastel, watercolour, gouache, charcoal, casein, pen and ink, etching and mixed mediums. His subjects were mostly landscapes, cityscapes, harbour views, rural scenes and genre. The locations were in Montreal, the Laurentians, the Charlevoix region (north of Quebec City) and the Gaspe Peninsula (all in Quebec). His style was Fauvism. His works are identified by vibrant colours, complex composition and unusual pictorial angel... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (21)
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Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes)
2006
Benezit, E
0 pages
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
Canadian Impressionism
1990
Duval, Paul
166 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Urban Images, Canadian Painting (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Farr, Dorothy
124 pages
Printmaking in Quebec, 1900-1950
1990
Martin, Denis
148 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
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Painters of Quebec
1946
Barbeau, Marius
0 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index