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1931 Granby, Quebec, Canada - 1999 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Kinetic sculpture, easel and mural painting, prints, teaching.
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe,... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe, a town about 30 east of there. (1). His sculpture mediums included welded steel, aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, bronze and mixed mediums. His painting and graphic mediums included oil,... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe, a town about 30 east of there. (1). His sculpture mediums included welded steel, aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, bronze and mixed mediums. His painting and graphic mediums included oil, acrylic, gouache*, pastel, colored pencil, graphite, charcoal, ink, collage*, serigraph* and mixed mediums. His subjects were primarily shape, color and texture; although several of his paintings and sculptures have realistic references. Some paintings... Read full biography
Ulysse Comtois was an important Canadian sculptor, painter, muralist, draftsman, printmaker and educator. He is most famous for his kinetic* sculptures. He was born in Granby, Quebec, a town about 40 miles east of Montreal. He lived in or near Montreal most of his life and died in Saint-Hyacinthe, a town about 30 east of there. (1). His sculpture mediums included welded steel, aluminum, laminated wood, stainless steel, bronze and mixed mediums. His painting and graphic mediums included oil, acrylic, gouache*, pastel, colored pencil, graphite, charcoal, ink, collage*, serigraph* and mixed mediums. His subjects were primarily shape, color and texture; although several of his paintings and sculptures have realistic references. Some paintings have a landscape quality and some paintings and sculptures have distinct figures. H... Read full biography
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Keywords (49)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Kinetic Energy
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Color Field Painting
- •Constructivism, Constructivist
- •Dada, Dadaism
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
Art School
- •Montreal School of Fine Arts (now UQAM), Teacher
- •Montreal School of Fine Arts, (now UQAM), Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Prix Louis-Philippe-Hebert
- •Priz Paul-Emile Borduas
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Biennial Exhibitions of Canadian Art
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Non-Figurative Artists' Association of Montreal-
Exhibition of Museum
- •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