Denyse Gadbois
Denyse Gadbois | |
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| Born | 1921 Montreal |
| Died | 2013 (aged 91–92) |
| Known for | Painter, muralist and sculptor |
Denyse Gadbois (1921 – 2013) was a Canadian artist and professor who worked in painting, mural art and sculpture.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Gadbois was born in Montreal and studied at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1944) with Goodridge Roberts and then in Paris at the Académie Julian.[3] She returned to Canada and in 1945 won a prize for figure painting at the Quebec Provincial Competition. In 1947, she exhibited Girl in Blue at the Riverside Museum, New York in a show entitled "Exhibition of Canadian Women Painters".[4]
Besides painting, she created a series of large murals for the Dominion Textile Company.[4] Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[1] and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gadbois, Denyse". Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Gadbois, Denyse (1921-2013)". Dictionnaire Historique (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Gadbois, Denyse". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ a b A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
- ^ "Denyse Gadbois". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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