Norbert Lemire

Norbert Lemire was born in Poularies on 4 March 1949. From the ages of 16 to 19, Lemire worked at the Wasamac mine. Around age 23, he became a layout designer for the Rouyn-Noranda-based newspaper La Frontière.

In the 1980s, Lemire was offered a management position at Éditions Québecor, a new publishing company. He declined the offer, opting to paint instead.^[2] In 1981, he started painting full-time and held his first solo exhibition. He completed his apprenticeship with Jean-Paul Ladouceur at Studio Balaquar in Laval.

From 1984 to 1986, he studied visual arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal. From 1985 to 1986, he was an illustrator for the magazine Sentier Chasse-Pêche.

From 1993 to 1996, he designed and modeled puppets for the Radio-Canada show Fred & cie.

In 1996, 100,000 copies of a bookmark Lemire designed were purchased by libraries in Outaouais.

Lemire was the brother of Canadian poet Margot Lemire.^[3]

He had three children, including Julie and Charlotte, who are also painters.^[4]

Lemire died on 10 September 2025, at the age of 76.^[5]