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Born 1929 Black Lake, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Abstract sculpture, painting, performance art, printmaking.
Armand Vaillancourt CQ (1929) (1). A prominent Canadian sculptor, painter, performance artist and printmaker, Armand Vaillancourt was born in Black Lake, Quebec (about 100 miles east of Montreal) and... Read full biography
Armand Vaillancourt CQ (1929) (1). A prominent Canadian sculptor, painter, performance artist and printmaker, Armand Vaillancourt was born in Black Lake, Quebec (about 100 miles east of Montreal) and has lived in Montreal for most of his life. Hundreds of his works are in Canadian Museums. His most... Read full biography
Armand Vaillancourt CQ (1929) (1). A prominent Canadian sculptor, painter, performance artist and printmaker, Armand Vaillancourt was born in Black Lake, Quebec (about 100 miles east of Montreal) and has lived in Montreal for most of his life. Hundreds of his works are in Canadian Museums. His most famous monumental sculpture is Vaillancourt Fountain located at Justin Herman Plaza, on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. His most well-known mediums are burnt wood, welded steel, bronze, cast iron,... Read full biography
Armand Vaillancourt CQ (1929) (1). A prominent Canadian sculptor, painter, performance artist and printmaker, Armand Vaillancourt was born in Black Lake, Quebec (about 100 miles east of Montreal) and has lived in Montreal for most of his life. Hundreds of his works are in Canadian Museums. His most famous monumental sculpture is Vaillancourt Fountain located at Justin Herman Plaza, on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. His most well-known mediums are burnt wood, welded steel, bronze, cast iron, and happenings*. He has also worked in aluminum, concrete (Justin Herman Plaza sculpture), marble (Lac des Castors fountain, Montreal), clay, granite, carved wood, found objects*, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, assemblage*, aquatint*, lithograph*,... Read full biography
Armand Vaillancourt CQ (1929) (1). A prominent Canadian sculptor, painter, performance artist and printmaker, Armand Vaillancourt was born in Black Lake, Quebec (about 100 miles east of Montreal) and has lived in Montreal for most of his life. Hundreds of his works are in Canadian Museums. His most famous monumental sculpture is Vaillancourt Fountain located at Justin Herman Plaza, on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. His most well-known mediums are burnt wood, welded steel, bronze, cast iron, and happenings*. He has also worked in aluminum, concrete (Justin Herman Plaza sculpture), marble (Lac des Castors fountain, Montreal), clay, granite, carved wood, found objects*, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, assemblage*, aquatint*, lithograph*, serigraph* and mixed mediums. Most of his work is abstract and thus the subjects are primarily line, shape, color and texture; but he i... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Conceptual
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Kinetic Energy
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Wood Carving and/or Engraving
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Aquatint
- •Assemblage
- •Bronze
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Concrete, Cement
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Granite
- •Iron, Cast Iron
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Marble
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Constructivism, Constructivist
- •Performance Art, Happenings
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
Art Association
- •Association des Arts Plastiques, Montreal
- •Quebec Sculptors Association (Conseil Sculpture Quebec)
Art School
- •Montreal School of Fine Arts, (now UQAM), Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Canada Council Grant for the Arts
- •Canadian Centennial Medal
- •Order of Quebec, Chevalier, l’Ordre national du Québec
- •Priz Paul-Emile Borduas
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Museum
- •Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art