Lise Gervais
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Lise Gervais | |
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 Self-portrait, ca. 1953 | |
| Born | 2 September 1933 Saint-Césaire, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 30 April 1998 (aged 64) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 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.[1]
Gervais was born in Saint-Césaire, Quebec on 2 September 1933.[2] She studied painting and sculpture at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal.[3] Her teachers included Jacques de Tonnancour and fr:Stanley Cosgrove, and sculpture with Louis Archambault.[4]
In 1961 she had her first one-woman show at Galerie Denyse Delrue in Montreal.[3] Her style is associated with the Automatistes and Paul-Émile Borduas.[1]
For many years she taught art in Montreal at the Ecole des beaux-arts, the Université du Québec, and Concordia University.[1]
In 1983 she was elected president of the Conseil des Artistes-Peintres du Quebec.[3]
Gervais died on 30 April 1998 in Montreal.[2]
