Simone Mary Bouchard (AKA: S. Mary Bouchard, AKA: Simone Marie Bouchard) was a painter and hooked rug maker. She was born, lived and died in Baie Saint-Paul, Quebec. Her painting mediums were oil on... Read full biography
Simone Mary Bouchard (AKA: S. Mary Bouchard, AKA: Simone Marie Bouchard) was a painter and hooked rug maker. She was born, lived and died in Baie Saint-Paul, Quebec. Her painting mediums were oil on silk and oil on paper. Her subjects were genre, interiors, landscapes with figures, fantasy and... Read full biography
Simone Mary Bouchard (AKA: S. Mary Bouchard, AKA: Simone Marie Bouchard) was a painter and hooked rug maker. She was born, lived and died in Baie Saint-Paul, Quebec. Her painting mediums were oil on silk and oil on paper. Her subjects were genre, interiors, landscapes with figures, fantasy and still life. She was self taught and painted in a Naïve style. Her works were described by Maria Tippett (1) as displaying " … two-dimensionality, awkward perspective, non-rational juxtaposition of intense... Read full biography
Simone Mary Bouchard (AKA: S. Mary Bouchard, AKA: Simone Marie Bouchard) was a painter and hooked rug maker. She was born, lived and died in Baie Saint-Paul, Quebec. Her painting mediums were oil on silk and oil on paper. Her subjects were genre, interiors, landscapes with figures, fantasy and still life. She was self taught and painted in a Naïve style. Her works were described by Maria Tippett (1) as displaying " … two-dimensionality, awkward perspective, non-rational juxtaposition of intense colours, a dream-like quality and problematic draftsmanship. Yet they admirably capture the village life of the habitant. " Alfred Pellan (see AskART) called her "Quebec's greatest primitive.". In 1936 she was discovered by anthropologist and... Read full biography
Simone Mary Bouchard (AKA: S. Mary Bouchard, AKA: Simone Marie Bouchard) was a painter and hooked rug maker. She was born, lived and died in Baie Saint-Paul, Quebec. Her painting mediums were oil on silk and oil on paper. Her subjects were genre, interiors, landscapes with figures, fantasy and still life. She was self taught and painted in a Naïve style. Her works were described by Maria Tippett (1) as displaying " … two-dimensionality, awkward perspective, non-rational juxtaposition of intense colours, a dream-like quality and problematic draftsmanship. Yet they admirably capture the village life of the habitant. " Alfred Pellan (see AskART) called her "Quebec's greatest primitive.". In 1936 she was discovered by anthropologist and folklorist Marius Barbeau and, his then assistant, artist Joseph Jean Albert Palardy (see Ask... Read full biography
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About Simone Mary (Marie) Bouchard: Books
Books & Publications (8)
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The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Historical Women Artists (Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Art Gallery of Hamilton)
2015
Boutilier, Alicia and Tobi Bruce
173 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
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
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)