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1916 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 2014 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, printmaking, tapestry design.
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and... Read full biography
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and 1950s; an associate of Alfred Pellan (2), Paul-Emile Borduas, Guido Molinari, Jean-Paul Riopelle,... Read full biography
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and 1950s; an associate of Alfred Pellan (2), Paul-Emile Borduas, Guido Molinari, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Gauvreau and most of the other mid 20th-century art legends of Quebec; and, in 2010, he is the oldest surviving (and still working) former member of the Automatistes* and signatory of the Refus... Read full biography
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and 1950s; an associate of Alfred Pellan (2), Paul-Emile Borduas, Guido Molinari, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Gauvreau and most of the other mid 20th-century art legends of Quebec; and, in 2010, he is the oldest surviving (and still working) former member of the Automatistes* and signatory of the Refus Global*. Born in Montreal, Quebec, which is currently his home, Leduc spent much of his life, since 1959, in France and Italy; living in Paris, Chartres and Casano (3). His mediums are oil, gouache*, pastel, acrylic, casein*, collage*, colored pencil,... Read full biography
Fernand Leduc is a painter, printmaker, tapestry designer (1), art theoretician and educator. He is also a major figure in Canadian art: a senior leader of the Montreal art scene in the 1940's and 1950s; an associate of Alfred Pellan (2), Paul-Emile Borduas, Guido Molinari, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Gauvreau and most of the other mid 20th-century art legends of Quebec; and, in 2010, he is the oldest surviving (and still working) former member of the Automatistes* and signatory of the Refus Global*. Born in Montreal, Quebec, which is currently his home, Leduc spent much of his life, since 1959, in France and Italy; living in Paris, Chartres and Casano (3). His mediums are oil, gouache*, pastel, acrylic, casein*, collage*, colored pencil, pen and ink, graphite, serigraph* and mixed mediums. As an abstractionist his subjects are color, shape,... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Casein
- •Colored Pencil
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Weaving, Tufting, Tapestry and/or Handspinning, Design
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Color Field Painting
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Op Art, Optical
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Association
- •Contemporary Art Society, Montreal
- •Les Automatistes-
- •Non-Figurative Artists' Association of Montreal
Awards/Recognition
- •Governor General's Award for Arts, Canada
- •Prix Louis-Philippe-Hebert
- •Priz Paul-Emile Borduas
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Biennial Exhibitions of Canadian Art
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Contemporary Arts Society, Montreal-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Quebec Museum of Fine Arts
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Les Automatistes