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Marc-Aurele Fortin

Marc-Aurele Fortin (1888 - 1970) was active/lived in Quebec, Alberta / Canada.  Marc Aurele Fortin is known for Landscape and coastal view painting, engraving.

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Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a painter and engraver who was born in Sainte-Rose, Quebec, Canada (present day Laval, a part of greater Montreal).  He lived in the Montreal area for most of his life except for a period from 1908 to 1910 when he lived in Edmonton, Alberta.  The last three years of his life were spent in Macanic, Quebec (about 400 miles north of Montreal), which is where he died.
 
His mediums were oil, pastel, watercolour, gouache, charcoal, casein, pen and ink, etching and mixed mediums.  His subjects were mostly landscapes, cityscapes, harbour views, rural scenes and genre.  The locations were in Montreal, the Laurentians, the Charlevoix region (north of Quebec City) and the Gaspe Peninsula (all in Quebec).  His style was Fauvism.  His works are identified by vibrant colours, complex composition and unusual pictorial angels.  Quote: "All artists are influenced by others in their technique, in their craft.  Bu   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5800 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Marc-Aurele Fortin

   Publications  Book References:  21
Magazine References:  0

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21 Book References for Marc-Aurele Fortin
Year Author Title Pages Color
2007 Newlands, Anne Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings 366 Yes
2006 Benezit, E Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes) 0 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Newlands, Anne Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000 355 Yes
2001 Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction 622 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Duval, Paul Canadian Impressionism 166 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Farr, Dorothy Urban Images, Canadian Painting (Agnes Etherington Art Centre)
(Exhibition catalog)
124 No
1990 Martin, Denis Printmaking in Quebec, 1900-1950 148 Yes
1989 Fox, Ross and Grace Inglis The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989) (Art Gallery of Hamilton) 122 Yes
1988 Donegan, Rosemary Industrial Images (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario)
(Exhibition catalog)
143 No
1988 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal) 417 No
1975 Hill, Charles C Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue)
(Exhibition catalog)
223 Yes
1967 Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art 254 Yes
1966 Harper, J Russell Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition) 443 No
1960 Hubbard, R.H. The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III 463 No
1948 National Gallery Of Canada Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada
(Exhibition catalog)
271 No
1946 Barbeau, Marius Painters of Quebec 0 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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