Denyse Gadbois Explained

Denyse Gadbois
Birth Place:	Montreal
Death Place:	Pointe Claire, Quebec
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]

Career

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.^[2] 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".^[3]

Besides painting, she created a series of large murals for the Dominion Textile Company. Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec^[4] and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gadbois, Denyse (1921-2013) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210830175058/https://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/artistes/gadbois-denyse-1921-2013/ . 30 August 2021 . 8 November 2022 . Dictionnaire Historique . fr-ca.
2. Web site: 19 July 2022 . Gadbois, Denyse . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922012641/https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=222 . 22 September 2022 . 8 November 2022 . Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
3. 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
4. Web site: Gadbois, Denyse . live . https://archive.today/20221109041527/https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600000358 . 9 November 2022 . 8 November 2022 . Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec . fr-ca.
5. Web site: Denyse Gadbois . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210830175056/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/denyse-gadbois . 30 August 2021 . 8 November 2022 . National Gallery of Canada .