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1905 St. Hilaire, Canada - 1960 Paris, France. Known for: Abstract, non-objective painting, sculpture.
A painter and sculptor whose work led the way in Canada from Realism to Abstraction, Paul-Émile Borduas was highly controversial, especially in his early years as a working artist and teacher in... Read full biography
A painter and sculptor whose work led the way in Canada from Realism to Abstraction, Paul-Émile Borduas was highly controversial, especially in his early years as a working artist and teacher in Montreal. In 1948, he was terminated as a drawing instructor from the Ecole de Meuble because of his... Read full biography
A painter and sculptor whose work led the way in Canada from Realism to Abstraction, Paul-Émile Borduas was highly controversial, especially in his early years as a working artist and teacher in Montreal. In 1948, he was terminated as a drawing instructor from the Ecole de Meuble because of his published manifesto, Refus Global (Total Refusal), which was critical of the provincial attitudes prevalent in French-Canadian culture, of government corruption, and especially critical of the dominant... Read full biography
A painter and sculptor whose work led the way in Canada from Realism to Abstraction, Paul-Émile Borduas was highly controversial, especially in his early years as a working artist and teacher in Montreal. In 1948, he was terminated as a drawing instructor from the Ecole de Meuble because of his published manifesto, Refus Global (Total Refusal), which was critical of the provincial attitudes prevalent in French-Canadian culture, of government corruption, and especially critical of the dominant Roman Catholic Church. Borduas asserted that creating art was a critical component of changing to a new culture based on purity of emotions, sensuality and feelings. Borduas was born in St. Hiliare, a village 20 miles from Montreal, and from childhood... Read full biography
A painter and sculptor whose work led the way in Canada from Realism to Abstraction, Paul-Émile Borduas was highly controversial, especially in his early years as a working artist and teacher in Montreal. In 1948, he was terminated as a drawing instructor from the Ecole de Meuble because of his published manifesto, Refus Global (Total Refusal), which was critical of the provincial attitudes prevalent in French-Canadian culture, of government corruption, and especially critical of the dominant Roman Catholic Church. Borduas asserted that creating art was a critical component of changing to a new culture based on purity of emotions, sensuality and feelings. Borduas was born in St. Hiliare, a village 20 miles from Montreal, and from childhood he showed interest and talent in art. However, his family, supported by a father who was a carpenter and metal worker,... Read full biography
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Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Art Association
- •Contemporary Art Society, Montreal
- •Les Automatistes-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Museum
- •Fifteen Canadian Artists, Museum of Modern Art, 1963
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Les Automatistes