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Post-War and Contemporary Canadian Artists
Old Masters, Impressionists & Moderns
Our Gallery is actively involved with the development and promotion of a group of highly accomplished artists. We are proud to represent this talented selection of contemporary painters and sculptors, each of whom composes in an original and distinct style.To see a complete index, click here
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Paul Beaulieu’s career as a young painter took shape at a time when a dynamic current of revitalization was sweeping Quebec’s cultural scene. The movement ultimately fostered the advent of modernity in art owing to the initiatives of its main proponents: John Lyman, Alfred Pellan and Paul-Émile Borduas…
Paul Vanier Beaulieu artist page
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Léon Bellefleur was born in Montreal on February 8th, 1910. In 1926 he enrolled himself at the Ecole Normale Jacques-Cartier and obtained, three years later, his diploma in pedagogy…
Léon Bellefleur artist page
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Born at Wawelowska, Poland, in 1923 and came to Canada in 1927. At the age of thirteen he began Saturday morning art classes in Toronto under Arthur Lismer and later at the Central Technical School. In 1942...
Bruno Bobak artist page
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Molly Lamb Bobak was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 25, 1920, daughter of Harold Mortimer Lamb and Alice Mary Price…
Molly Lamb Bobak artist page
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Born in Saint-Hilaire, Paul-Émile Borduas had a profound influence on the development of the arts in Quebec. He first studied with Ozias Leduc, who took him on as an apprentice in some of his projects to decorate churches in Sherbrooke, Halifax and Montreal…
Paul-Émile Borduas artist page
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Sam Borenstein (1908 – 1969) was born in Lithuania. After an early childhood in war-torn Poland, he immigrated to Montreal with his father and one of his sisters in 1921. He spent two years in Ottawa as an apprentice to a furrier, and then returned to Montreal, where he worked as a cutter in a garment factory...
Sam Borenstein artist page
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Born in Montreal, Quebec, 1969
Studied:
1991-1993 - Ontario College of Art, Toronto
1989-1991 - Dawson College, Montreal
1986-1989 - John Abbott College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue...
Laurie Campbell artist page
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Jean Philippe Dallaire was born in Hull, Quebec, in 1916. He studied art at Hull Technical School from 1932 to 1934, and in 1935 he studied drawing and painting at the Central Technical School in Toronto. …
Jean Dallaire artist page
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Cameron Douglas was born in Perth, Scotland in 1957 and came to Canada with his family in 1960. His father, a painter and art teacher, settled in Nelson, British Columbia where Cameron now lives with his wife Lorraine and two young daughters. Cameron studied Fine Art at Red Deer College in Alberta and Sculpture at the David Thompson University Centre...
Cameron Douglas artist page
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John Fox was born in Montreal in 1927, the son of a banker and the youngest of six children. He attended St. Leo’s Academy in Westmount and then entered McGill University in the fall of 1945. This was a confusing time for Fox; the Second World War had just ended and he was still coming to terms with the death of his only brother in combat the previous year....
John Fox artist page
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This painter's self-taught technique charms one's fancy. The brightness of Chantale Jean' works is a potent reminder of her deep consideration for Nature and specially Wildlife. Her Charlevoix roots nurtured this inner feeling. ...
Chantale Jean artist page
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Personal and Career
Born in St-Jérôme, Quebec, in 1959. Currently lives in Montreal.
Studied
Private lessons form Lili Richard, 1995-96...
Danielle Lanteigne artist page
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Jean-Paul Lemieux was born in Quebec City, Quebec. He is particularly recognized for his paintings of the desolate, seemingly infinite spaces of the landscapes and cites of Quebec. Many of his works are permeated with an intense feeling of mystery. …
Jean Paul Lemieux artist page
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Born in Montreal, Quebec on February 20, 1928, John Little studied for two years at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts under Dr. Arthur Lismer and Goodridge Roberts. In 1947, Little moved to New York City to attend the Art Students’ League under Will Barnet and Frank J. Reilley. …
John Little artist page
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In 1944, Jean McEwen enrolls in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal. He writes poetry, is part of the group of students that gravitates around the French-Canadian poet Francois Hertel,…
Jean McEwen artist page
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Born in Montreal in 1950, the son of artist Rolland Montpetit, Richard was initiated to painting by the age of twenty. He presented his first solo exhibition of impressionist paintings in September 1980 in Montreal. In 1985, Richard explored with Antoine Bittar, the language of sketching. It was a ...
Richard Montpetit artist page
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Alfred Pellan was born in Quebec City on May 16, 1906. He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Québec (1920-1925). When he was 16 years old, the National Gallery of Canada purchased his painting Corner of Old Quebec. In 1926 he…
Alfred Pellan artist page
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Joe Plaskett was born in 1918 in New Westminster, B.C. He attended
Sir Richard McBride Primary School at Sapperton, then the Duke of
Connaught Secondary School at New Westminster, where he began to
copy paintings and work from nature or his imagination. He then ...
Joseph Plaskett artist page
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René Richard was born December 1st, 1895 in Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He arrived in Canada with his family in 1909. They lived in Montreal for two years then moved to Cold Lake, Alberta, where his father opened a general store and trading post....
René Richard artist page
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Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in 1923 in Montreal (Canada), and is one of Canada’s most famous painters. He enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montreal in 1942, and then at the École du Meuble, graduating in 1945. ...
Jean-Paul Riopelle artist page
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Fred Ross was born on May 12, 1927, to a working class family in Saint John and by 1944 he elected to pursue his education at the Saint John Vocational School in the art program, a program which traditionally would ...
Fred Ross artist page
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Marian Dale Scott was a painter, muralist, draughtswoman and commercial artist. For 50 years she experimented with different styles and explored varied subjects, from landscapes, urban scenes, and the human figure, to botanical forms, the cellular world, and geometric abstraction. ...
Marian Scott artist page
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Born in Quebec City on July 9th, 1943.
Graduated Ontario College of Art (Design), 1966.
Apprenticeship British Motor Corporation, England, 1965.
Elected Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1981.
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Claude A. Simard artist page
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When Philip Surrey was inducted into the Order of Canada in 1982, the citation read:
“Ever since settling in Montreal in 1937, and becoming a founding member of the Contemporary Arts Society, he has been the leading exponent of urban landscape painting in Canada. …
Philip Surrey artist page
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