biografia di Alfred PELLAN (1906-1988)

Birth place: Quebec City, Canada

Addresses: PQ, Canada

Profession: Painter

Studied: Ecole des Beaux.Arts, Quebec City (grad., 1920)

Exhibited: Gal. Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1939; solo shows, Pellan, retrospective, Mus. Nat. d'Art Mod., Paris, 1955, Pellan, retrospective, Hall of Hon., Montreal, PQ, 1956; Alfred Pellan, retrospective, Nat. Gal. Can., Art Gal. Toronto & Montreal Mus. Fine Arts, 1960-61; Voir Pellan, Mus. d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, 1969. Awards: first prize, First Gt. Exhib. Mural Art Paris, 1935; first prize for painting, 65th Ann. Spring Exhib., Montreal Mus. Fine Arts, 1948; first prize for painting, PQ Competition, 1948.

Member: Soc. Artistes Prof. Que.; assoc. Royal Can. Acad. Arts.

Work: Mus. Nat. d'Art Mod., Paris, France; Mus. Grenoble, France; Que. Mus., Quebec City; Nat. Gal. Can., Ottawa; Montreal Mus. Fine Arts, PQ. Commissions: painting, Winnipeg Airport, Man., 1963; stained glass, La Place des Arts, Montreal, 1963; stained glass, Church Saint Theophile, Laval-Quest, PQ, 1964; two paintings, Nat. Libr. & Archives, Ottawa, 1967; polychromy of bldgs., Vt. Constructions Inc. Laval City, 1968.

Comments: Preferred media: oils. Teaching: instr. painting, Ecole Beaux Arts, Montreal, 1943-52; instr. painting, Art Centre Sainte Adele, PQ, summer 1957. Publications: contribr., "Les iles de la nult," Parizeau Ed., 1944; contribr., "Le voyage d'Arlequin," Cahiers File Indienne, 1946.

Sources: WW73; Donald W Buchanan, Alfred Pellan (McClelland & Stewart, 1962); Guy Robert, Pellan (Centre Psychologie Pedagogie, Montreal, 1963); Voir Pellan," Nat. Film Bd. Can., 1969."

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