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Louis Archambault OC RCA (April 4, 1915 – January 27, 2003) was a Quebec sculptor and ceramicist,[1] who was one of the members of the "new sculpture" movement in Canada that moved away from traditional methods towards abstraction.[2]

This article is about the Quebec sculptor. For the MP, see Louis Archambeault.
Louis Archambault
Born(1915-04-04)April 4, 1915
Montreal, Quebec
DiedJanuary 27, 2003(2003-01-27) (aged 87)
Resting placeNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
EducationBA, University of Montreal in 1936 and a diploma in ceramics from the École des Beaux Arts, Montreal in 1939
Known forSculptor

Career


Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received his BA from the University of Montreal in 1936 and a diploma in ceramics from the École des Beaux Arts, Montreal in 1939,[3] becoming an instructor in sculpture at the École in 1949.[4] In 1952, he exhibited his work at the then Art Gallery of Toronto with Alfred Pellan.[4] In 1953, he won a Canadian Government Fellowship to study in Paris and Venice.[4] In 1956, works by Archambault along with those of Jack Shadbolt and Harold Town represented Canada at the Venice Biennale.[3] He was commissioned in 1957 to make a ceramic wall for the Canadian pavilion at the Brussels International and Universal Exposition in 1958.[4] In 1958, he won the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal.[3]

His work is in such public collections in Canada as the National Gallery of Canada,[5] the Art Gallery of Ontario[4] and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa.[6] His completed commissions include sculptures for the Pearson International Airport, Malton, Ontario; the Ottawa airport; Expo ’67, Montreal and Queen`s Park, Toronto.[3] He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[3] In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[7]

After his death in 2003, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[8]


References


  1. "Sculptor Louis Archambault dies". CBC.ca. January 29, 2003.
  2. Boyanoski, Christine (2010). "Sculpture before 1960". The Visual Arts in Canada: the Twentieth Century. Foss, Brian, Paikowsky, Sandra, Whitelaw, Anne (eds.). Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-19-542125-5. OCLC 432401392.
  3. "Louis Archambault". www.archives.gov.on.ca. Government of Ontario archives. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. Bradfield, Helen (1970). Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection. Toronto: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0070925046. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  5. "Louis Archambault". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  6. Archambault, Louis. "Collection". rmg.minisisinc.com. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  7. "Louis Archambault". www.gg.ca. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  8. Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.

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Louis Archambault est un sculpteur québécois né à Montréal le 4 avril 1915 et décédé le 27 janvier 2003 à l'âge de 87 ans, trois mois avant son 88e anniversaire. Son apport à l'essor et au renouveau de la sculpture au Canada fait de lui un des plus grands sculpteurs de sa génération.


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