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1910 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 2007 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Abstract painting, printmaking and graphics.
"I paint by instinct without philosophical or pictorial reasoning. It's a world I invent poetically and in exaltation." - Leon Bellefleur. Leon Bellefleur was a very important Canadian painter,... Read full biography
"I paint by instinct without philosophical or pictorial reasoning. It's a world I invent poetically and in exaltation." - Leon Bellefleur. Leon Bellefleur was a very important Canadian painter, printmaker and graphic artist who worked into his nineties. His career includes a solo exhibition at the... Read full biography
"I paint by instinct without philosophical or pictorial reasoning. It's a world I invent poetically and in exaltation." - Leon Bellefleur. Leon Bellefleur was a very important Canadian painter, printmaker and graphic artist who worked into his nineties. His career includes a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, and group exhibitions with the Guggenhiem International and CoBrA*. His works are included in most exhibitions that examine the scope of 20th Century Canadian art and in... Read full biography
"I paint by instinct without philosophical or pictorial reasoning. It's a world I invent poetically and in exaltation." - Leon Bellefleur. Leon Bellefleur was a very important Canadian painter, printmaker and graphic artist who worked into his nineties. His career includes a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, and group exhibitions with the Guggenhiem International and CoBrA*. His works are included in most exhibitions that examine the scope of 20th Century Canadian art and in most recent books that discuss Canadian modern art. His paintings are in many major Canadian museums and he's won numerous prestigious awards. Among his distinguished associates were Andre Breton (1), Alfred Pellan and Paul-Emile Borduas. He was born... Read full biography
"I paint by instinct without philosophical or pictorial reasoning. It's a world I invent poetically and in exaltation." - Leon Bellefleur. Leon Bellefleur was a very important Canadian painter, printmaker and graphic artist who worked into his nineties. His career includes a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, and group exhibitions with the Guggenhiem International and CoBrA*. His works are included in most exhibitions that examine the scope of 20th Century Canadian art and in most recent books that discuss Canadian modern art. His paintings are in many major Canadian museums and he's won numerous prestigious awards. Among his distinguished associates were Andre Breton (1), Alfred Pellan and Paul-Emile Borduas. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, lived most of his life in or near there and died there. He also lived in Paris for ten... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •France After 1900
Art Association
- •Canadian Group of Painters
- •Canadian Society of Graphic Art
- •Contemporary Art Society, Montreal
- •Non-Figurative Artists' Association of Montreal
- •Prisme d'Yeux
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Awards/Recognition
- •Jessie Dow Prize, Montreal Art Association
- •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
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Sao Paulo Bienniale
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Ontario Society of Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts)
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •Museum London, Ontario
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Painters Eleven-