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To ignore is to see the good side of things. In addition, Being resilient, loving life, refusing to bend. Consequently, It is in this tenacious abstraction that Françoise Sullivan is located, one of the great painters of Canadian abstraction.
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This unique artist continues her creative career. Meanwhile, On the occasion of her 102 years, she revealed her last painting to us which occupied her for two weeks. Similarly, “She gave me a hard time,” she said. Meanwhile, I wanted everything to be very clean. However, »»
Françoise Sullivan rubbed shoulders with many artistic disciplines during her life. But it ignore | press is painting that has lived in it since the 1980s. His first painting exhibition dates back to 1943! She was 20 years old. had exposed Aboriginal headan oil admired in 2018 during its retrospective at the Montreal Contemporary Art Museum (Mac).
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Photo Patrick Sanfacon, the press
Right, Aboriginal head
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Françoise Sullivan in her workshop, near her 2023 paintings
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She says that in her childhood, she was initiated into painting and drawing by a religious aunt. “I took lessons at her Hochelaga convent. I went there by tram, after class, Thursday. And Saturday morning. »»
Her series of paintings she prefers is Tributeexhibited in 2003. In particular the large canvas made in honor of the father of his children, Paterson Ewen. Today, Françoise is guided by nature and poetry to paint.
She finds that “it’s difficult” for painting these days. “Unlike the 1950s,” she said.
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Tribute to Paterson2003
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Photo David Boily. Archives La Presse
Françoise Sullivan in her workshop in 2019 ahead Tribute to Ulysses
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“The influence of Françoise Sullivan on the visual arts and dance in the history of Canadian art is undeniable,” says Elisabeth Otto, assistant curator of Quebec and Canadian art before 1945 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The brightness and chromatic richness of its palette has animated its pictorial production since the 1980s. ”
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