Umberto Bruni

Bruni was born in Montreal to an Italian family. He learned how to decorate murals and stained glass at the age of 13 after studying Guido Nincheri. He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1930 to 1938. He was also a teacher at the Académie Querbes [fr] in Outremont from 1939 to 1969. In 1972, he became curator of the gallery at the Université du Québec à Montréal. During the restoration of painting in the National Assembly of Quebec in 1975, a painting of Philippe-Honoré Roy was found to be missing, so Bruni was tasked with its re-creation, which would be completed in 1980 using photographs.^[2] He was famous for designing many Catholic buildings across Quebec and for creating a bust of André Bessette. He has also painted portraits for many organisations and specialised in oil paintings.^[3] He held personal expositions at the Maison des Arts de Laval and the Centre Leonardo Da Vinci. He was a notable individual present at the opening of the Québec Government Office in Paris [fr] in 1961.^[4] He was a member of the International Institute for Conservation and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.^[5]

Umberto Bruni died in Laval on 1 February 2021 at the age of 106.^[6]

• National Assembly of Quebec^[7]
• Université de Montréal^[8]
• Séminaire de Québec^[9]
• Saint Joseph's Oratory
• Musée des hospitalières de l'Hotel Dieu de Montréal
• Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges

• Biography and Collection of Umberto Bruni (Canadian Classic Fine Art)