Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe,... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe, a town about 30 east of there. (1). His sculpture mediums included welded steel, aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, bronze and mixed mediums. His painting and graphic mediums included oil,... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe, a town about 30 east of there. (1). His sculpture mediums included welded steel, aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, bronze and mixed mediums. His painting and graphic mediums included oil, acrylic, gouache*, pastel, colored pencil, graphite, charcoal, ink, collage*, serigraph* and mixed mediums. His subjects were primarily shape, color and texture; although several of his paintings and sculptures have realistic references. Some paintings... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe, a town about 30 east of there. (1). His sculpture mediums included welded steel, aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, bronze and mixed mediums. His painting and graphic mediums included oil, acrylic, gouache*, pastel, colored pencil, graphite, charcoal, ink, collage*, serigraph* and mixed mediums. His subjects were primarily shape, color and texture; although several of his paintings and sculptures have realistic references. Some paintings have a landscape quality and some paintings and sculptures have distinct figures. H... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois - Artist Info
About Ulysse Comtois: Books
Books & Publications (22)
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The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Concordia Collects: Selected Art Acquisitions, 1974-2000 (Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
2000
Antaki, Karen
72 pages (color)
Egregore: A History of the Montreal Automatist Movement
1998
Ellenwood, Ray
357 pages (color)
Reflecting Paradise: Expo '93' (University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
1993
Spaulding, Jeffrey and Stephen B. Smart
68 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)
Cineplex Odeon The First Ten Years: A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Art
1989
Burnett, David
97 pages (color)
Montreal and Monument as an Art
1985
Leclerc, Suzanne and Christian Ekemberg
126 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,089 pages (color)
Ulysse Comtois 1952-1982 (Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Blanchette, Manon
138 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Art
1983
Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff
300 pages (color)
Selections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1982
Wilkin, Karen
48 pages (color)
Thirteen Artists from Marlborough Godard, Toronto, Montreal
1974
Editor, Marlborough Gallery, New York
39 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
The Canada Council Collection (National Gallery of Canada)
1969
Thompson, David
64 pages (color)
Ulysse Comtois - Guido Molinari: Canadian Pavillion, XXXIV Biennale Di Venezia, Venice, Italy (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Editor, National Gallery of Canada
24 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
Canadian Sculpture: Expo '67
1967
Withrow, William
106 pages
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)