Lise Gervais Explained

Lise Gervais
Birth Date:2 September 1933
Birth Place:Saint-Césaire, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education:École des beaux-arts de Montréal
Field:Painting, Sculpture
Movement:Automatistes

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, 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lise Gervais. The Canadian Art Group. 23 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Lise Gervais: Canadian, 1933-1998. National Gallery of Canada. 23 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Lise Gervais (1933 - 1998). Mayberry Fine Art. 23 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Gervais, Lise. La Corniche Gallery. 23 March 2018.