Lise Gervais

Lise Gervais
Self-portrait, ca. 1953
Born(1933-09-02)2 September 1933
Saint-Césaire, Quebec, Canada
Died30 April 1998(1998-04-30) (aged 64)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known forPainting, Sculpture
MovementAutomatistes

Lise Gervais (1933–1998) was a Canadian abstract painter and sculptor. She was president of the Conseil des Artistes Peintres du Quebec in 1983 and 1984.[1]

Biography

Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec on 2 September 1933.[2] She studied painting and sculpture at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal.[3] Her teachers included Jacques de Tonnancour and fr:Stanley Cosgrove, and sculpture with Louis Archambault.[4]

In 1961 she had her first one-woman show at Galerie Denyse Delrue in Montreal.[3] Her style is associated with the Automatistes and Paul-Émile Borduas.[1]

For many years she taught art in Montreal at the Ecole des beaux-arts, the Université du Québec, and Concordia University.[1]

In 1983 she was elected president of the Conseil des Artistes-Peintres du Quebec.[3]

Gervais died on 30 April 1998 in Montreal.[2]

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions[1]

  • 1961 Galerie Denyse Delrue, Montreal; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
  • 1964 Galerie du Siecle, Montreal; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
  • 1967 Musee du Quebec; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • 1970 Galerie du Montreal; Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal; Musee Rodin, Paris
  • 1983 Bishops University Art Gallery, Lennoxville, PQ
  • 1990 Galerie d’Art du College Edouard-Montpetit, Longueuil
  • 1993 Galerie d'art Contemporains Montreal PQ, curated by Stanley Borenstein, Karina Holosko, Peter G Pereira
  • 2003 McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lise Gervais". The Canadian Art Group. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Lise Gervais: Canadian, 1933-1998". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Lise Gervais (1933 - 1998)". Mayberry Fine Art. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Gervais, Lise". La Corniche Gallery. Retrieved 23 March 2018.