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Lise Gervais
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Self-portrait, ca. 1953
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| Born | 2 September 1933 Saint-Césaire, Quebec, Canada
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| Died | 30 April 1998 (aged 64) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | École des beaux-arts de Montréal |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
| Movement | Automatistes |
Lise Gervais (1933–1998) was a Canadian abstract painter and sculptor. She was president of the Conseil des Artistes Peintres du Quebec in 1983 and 1984.
Biography
Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec on 2 September 1933. She studied painting and sculpture at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. Her teachers included Jacques de Tonnancour and fr:Stanley Cosgrove, and sculpture with Louis Archambault.
In 1961 she had her first one-woman show at Galerie Denyse Delrue in Montreal. Her style is associated with the Automatistes and Paul-Émile Borduas.
For many years she taught art in Montreal at the Ecole des beaux-arts, the Université du Québec, and Concordia University.
In 1983 she was elected president of the Conseil des Artistes-Peintres du Quebec.
Gervais died on 30 April 1998 in Montreal.
Exhibitions
Selected exhibitions
- 1961 Galerie Denyse Delrue, Montreal; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- 1964 Galerie du Siecle, Montreal; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- 1967 Musee du Quebec; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- 1970 Galerie du Montreal; Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal; Musee Rodin, Paris
- 1983 Bishops University Art Gallery, Lennoxville, PQ
- 1990 Galerie d’Art du College Edouard-Montpetit, Longueuil
- 1993 Galerie d'art Contemporains Montreal PQ, curated by Stanley Borenstein, Karina Holosko, Peter G Pereira
- 2003 McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London
