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1924 Louiseville, Quebec, Canada - 2001 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Abstract painting, stained-glass artist.
A prominent contemporary Canadian artist in the mid to late 20th Century, Marcelle Ferron was based in Quebec, but spent thirteen years in France, beginning 1953. There she did large-scale abstract... Read full biography
A prominent contemporary Canadian artist in the mid to late 20th Century, Marcelle Ferron was based in Quebec, but spent thirteen years in France, beginning 1953. There she did large-scale abstract painting and became skilled in stained glass, which became her signature work. The Champ-de-Mars... Read full biography
A prominent contemporary Canadian artist in the mid to late 20th Century, Marcelle Ferron was based in Quebec, but spent thirteen years in France, beginning 1953. There she did large-scale abstract painting and became skilled in stained glass, which became her signature work. The Champ-de-Mars metro station in Montreal has a large Ferron stained-glass window with bold geometric design and color. Other venues are the Place du Porage in Gatineau, Quebec, and the Granby, Quebec courthouse. Of the... Read full biography
A prominent contemporary Canadian artist in the mid to late 20th Century, Marcelle Ferron was based in Quebec, but spent thirteen years in France, beginning 1953. There she did large-scale abstract painting and became skilled in stained glass, which became her signature work. The Champ-de-Mars metro station in Montreal has a large Ferron stained-glass window with bold geometric design and color. Other venues are the Place du Porage in Gatineau, Quebec, and the Granby, Quebec courthouse. Of the years she spent in France, it is written that the experience transformed her style, that it. "opened up her work. loosened her previously tense and somewhat forced gestures. Her canvases became larger, the brush-work less crowded and more dynamic.... Read full biography
A prominent contemporary Canadian artist in the mid to late 20th Century, Marcelle Ferron was based in Quebec, but spent thirteen years in France, beginning 1953. There she did large-scale abstract painting and became skilled in stained glass, which became her signature work. The Champ-de-Mars metro station in Montreal has a large Ferron stained-glass window with bold geometric design and color. Other venues are the Place du Porage in Gatineau, Quebec, and the Granby, Quebec courthouse. Of the years she spent in France, it is written that the experience transformed her style, that it. "opened up her work. loosened her previously tense and somewhat forced gestures. Her canvases became larger, the brush-work less crowded and more dynamic. Though now laden with heavy areas of impasto, her work began to breathe. it was 'daybreak after... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
Art Association
- •Les Automatistes-
- •Non-Figurative Artists' Association of Montreal
Awards/Recognition
- •Prix Louis-Philippe-Hebert
- •Priz Paul-Emile Borduas
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Les Automatistes
