Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum
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Burnaby, BC BC V5A 1S6
Canada
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Born 1932 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Geometric abstract-op, sculptor.
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he... Read full biography
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he attended the Acadamie Ranson. His time in Paris was not fruitful, and in 1953 he returned to... Read full biography
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he attended the Acadamie Ranson. His time in Paris was not fruitful, and in 1953 he returned to Montreal where he became associated with an artistic community that included the Canadian painter Rita Letendre (b 1929) and Guido Molinari. These artists were then moving away from the Automatism of... Read full biography
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he attended the Acadamie Ranson. His time in Paris was not fruitful, and in 1953 he returned to Montreal where he became associated with an artistic community that included the Canadian painter Rita Letendre (b 1929) and Guido Molinari. These artists were then moving away from the Automatism of Paul-Emile Borduas towards Tachism, and Tousignant exhibited 13 Tachist works at the Galerie de l'Echouerie in Montreal in 1955. In 1956, after a brief interest in the works of Sam Francis and Mark Rothko, he began to produce hard-edge painting using two or... Read full biography
A Canadian painter and sculptor, Claude Tousignant studied at the Montreal Museum School of Arts and Design from 1948 to 1952 under Jacques de Tonnancour. In October 1952 he moved to Paris, where he attended the Acadamie Ranson. His time in Paris was not fruitful, and in 1953 he returned to Montreal where he became associated with an artistic community that included the Canadian painter Rita Letendre (b 1929) and Guido Molinari. These artists were then moving away from the Automatism of Paul-Emile Borduas towards Tachism, and Tousignant exhibited 13 Tachist works at the Galerie de l'Echouerie in Montreal in 1955. In 1956, after a brief interest in the works of Sam Francis and Mark Rothko, he began to produce hard-edge painting using two or three contrasted colours, as in Place of Infinity. This move was influenced by the writing... Read full biography
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All MuseumsNational Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, ON K1N 9N4
Canada