biografia di Rita LETENDRE (1928-2021)

Personal data


Birth : 11/01/1928 - Drummondville QC, Canada
Death : 11/20/2021
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Canada

Address

Toronto ON Ontario, Canada

Education

1948 – 1949 : Ecole des beaux-arts de Montréal – Montréal QC, Canada

Professional data


Work and Life

1955:First solo exhibition at Galerie L’Échourie in Montréal, Canada
Took part in the activities of the “Automatistes” movement in Montreal with Paul-Émile Borduas
Lives and works in Toronto

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil/canvas
Print-Multiple :
Drawing-Watercolor :

Works

Storm
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 20 x 25 cm
 
Sky and Sea
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 20 x 25 cm
 
Mirage intérieur
Date of creation : 1998
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 20 x 25 cm
 
Fire and Ice
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 24 x 30 inch
 
Une éclaircie
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 46 x 61 cm
 
Autumn's Wind
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 18 x 20 inch
 
April Winds
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 24 x 30 inch
 
The Eye of the Storm
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 30 x 36 inch
 
Horizon
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 30 x 40 inch
 
Enchenter First
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 30 x 36 inch
 
Festival of the Gods
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 24 x 30 inch
 
Stormy Winds
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 16 x 20 cm
 
Ode au soleil
Date of creation : 1992
Medium : Pastel
Size : 90 x 114 cm
 
Le vent d'automne
Date of creation : 1988
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 36 x 48 inch
 
Réminiscences
Date of creation : 1960
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 122 x 150 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2003

Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec – Québec QC, Canada
11/13/2003 – 04/04/2004

2001

Galerie Simon Blais – Montréal QC, Canada
05/2001

2000

Moore Gallery – Hamilton ON, Canada
2000

1998

Galerie Madeleine Lacerte – Québec QC, Canada
1998

Rétrospective 1948-1998
Centre Culturel de Drummondville – Drummondville QC, Canada
1998

1997

50 Years of Rita Letendre: Works on Paper
Galerie Simon Blais – Montréal QC, Canada
1997

Waddington & Gorce – Montréal QC, Canada
1997

1996

50 Years of Rita Letendre: Painting
Art Sutton – Sutton QC, Canada
1996

1994

Moore Gallery – Hamilton ON, Canada
1994

1992

Waddington & Gorce – Montréal QC, Canada
1992

1991

Moore Gallery – Hamilton ON, Canada
1991

Rita Letendre: Retrospective
The Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery – Oshawa ON, Canada
1991

1990

Rita Letendre: Retrospective
Moore Gallery – Hamilton ON, Canada
1990

1989

Rita Letendre: The Montréal Years 1953-1963
Galerie d’Art Concordia – Université Concordia – Montréal QC, Canada
1989

1984

Moos Gallery – Toronto ON, Canada
1984

Galerie Gilles Corbeil – Montréal QC, Canada
1984

1976

Arras Gallery – New York NY, United States
1976

1975

Palm Springs Desert Museum – Palm Springs CA, United States
1975

1969

Gordon Gallery – Tel Aviv, Israel
1969

1961

Musée des Beaux-Arts – Montréal QC, Canada
1961

1955

Galerie L’Échourie – Montréal QC, Canada
1955

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2001

Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Simon Blais – 4521 Rue Clark, #100 – Montréal QC, Canada


Festivals

1962

Festival dei due Mondi di Spoleto, n° 5
Spoleto PG, Italy
06/21/1962 – 07/22/1962


Group exhibitions

1998

Les Femmeuses
Pratt & Whitney – Longueuil QC, Canada
1998

Abstraction/Émotion
Galerie Simon Blais – Montréal QC, Canada
1998

1996

Lasting Impressions: The Canadian Printmakers Showcase 1969-1974
CUAG Carleton University Art Gallery – Ottawa ON, Canada
1996 – 1997

1994

La collection Lavalin du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal: le partage d’une vision
MACM Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – Montréal QC, Canada
04/30/1994 – 10/23/1994

1992

Achieving the Modern
Winnipeg Art Gallery – Winnipeg, Canada
1992

La crise de l’abstraction au Canada. Les années 1950 / The Crisis of Abstraction
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – Ottawa ON, Canada
1992

1990

Contemporary Canadian Artists
Wallack Galleries – Ottawa ON, Canada
1990

1982

Canadian Contemporary Printmakers
The Bronx Museum of the Arts – Bronx, New York NY, United States
1982

1972

18th National Print Show
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
1972

1967

Artistes de Montréal
MACM Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – Montréal QC, Canada
1967

1955

Espace 55
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Montréal QC, Canada
1955

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