Irène Legendre Explained

Irène Legendre
Birth Date:	17 November 1904
Birth Place:	Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Death Place:	Cap-Rouge, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Education:	École des beaux-arts de Québec (1932)
Known For:	Painter
Style:	Abstract art Landscape painting
Awards:	First Place, Quebec Provincial Competition, 1945

Irène Legendre (born 17 November 1904 – 1992)^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3] 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.^[3]

Legendre had returned to Canada by 1946. That year, she Legendre hosted a five-part series about modern painting on Radio-Canada.^[3] 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.^[2]

Notable exhibitions

• "Women Artists: Gaining Space, 1900-1965," 23 May-29 August 2010, Musée d'art de Joliette^[6]

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.

Notes and References

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