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Paul-Emile Borduas

Paul-Emile Borduas (1905 - 1960) was active/lived in Quebec / Canada, France.  Paul Emile Borduas is known for Abstract, non-objective painting, sculpture.

A painter and sculptor whose work led the way in Canada from Realism to Abstraction, Paul-Émile Borduas was highly controversial, especially in his early years as a working artist and teacher in Montreal.  In 1948, he was terminated as a drawing instructor from the Ecole de Meuble because of his published manifesto, Refus Global (Total Refusal), which was critical of the provincial attitudes prevalent in French-Canadian culture, of government corruption, and especially critical of the dominant Roman Catholic Church.  Borduas asserted that creating art was a critical component of changing to a new culture based on purity of emotions, sensuality and feelings.

Borduas was born in St. Hiliare, a village 20 miles from Montreal, and from childhood he showed interest and talent in art.  However, his family, supported by a father who was a carpenter and metal worker, did not have the means to send him to art school, so he apprenticed with a local church decorator,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4475 characters.]  Artist bio

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