Irène Legendre

Irène Legendre
Born17 November 1904
Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Died1992 (aged 87–88)
Cap-Rouge, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
EducationÉcole des beaux-arts de Québec (1932)
Known forPainter
StyleAbstract art
Landscape painting
AwardsFirst Place, Quebec Provincial Competition, 1945[1]

Irène Legendre (born 17 November 1904 – 1992)[2][3] was a Canadian-American painter.

Life and work

Irène Legendre was born in Fall River, Massachusetts in November 1904. Legendre started attending École des Beaux-Arts de Québec in 1929, where she studied under Yvan Neilson and Lucien Martial. Legendre graduated in 1932 with a focus on the Cubism style. From 1939 until 1943, she resided in New York City where she studied painting under Amédée Ozenfant and sculpture with Alexander Archipenko.[1] After studying with Archipenko and Ozenfant, she shifted away from Cubism and began painting landscapes.[4] While in New York, she participated in her first group show.[1]

Legendre had returned to Canada by 1946. That year, she Legendre hosted a five-part series about modern painting on Radio-Canada.[1] She organized art exhibitions, featuring works by herself and others, including Paul-Émile Borduas, Stanley Cosgrove, and Goodridge Roberts. In the 1960s, Legendre taught at the École des Beaux-Arts de Québec.[5]

Legendre died in 1992 in Cap-Rouge, Quebec City.[3]

Notable exhibitions

Further reading

  • Legendre, Irène. Petite histoire de l'art moderne. Quebec: Ateliers du Soleil, 1947.
  • Legendre, Irène. Pompon chéri. Montreal: Éditions Beauchemin, 1959.
  • Legendre, Irène. "Letter." Artscanada 2.5 (Summer 1945): 151, 227.
  • Legendre, Irène. "Untitled: Pompon et le lapin-fée." [Reproduction] Bulletin (National Gallery of Canada) 3 (1979-1980): 34.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Artists: LEGENDRE, Irène". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database. Concordia University. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Artists in Canada". Canadian Heritage. Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "LEGENDRE, IRÈNE". Collections. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  4. ^ Joan Murray (1 November 1999). Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Dundurn. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-55488-120-8.
  5. ^ "1949 Borduas Sold by Klinkhoff "Magnificent" and "Especially Rare"". Alan Klinkhoff Gallery. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Women Artists: Gaining Space, 1900-1965, List of Works" (PDF). Musée d'art de Joliette. Retrieved 16 December 2018.