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'''Marcelle Ferron''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|GOQ|RCA}} (January 29, 1924 – November 19, 2001) was a Canadian [[painting|painter]] and [[stained glass]] artist, was one of the original 16 signatories of [[Paul-Émile Borduas]]'s [[Refus global]] manifesto, and a major figure in the [[Quebec]] contemporary art scene, associated with the [[Automatistes]].<ref name="FromWomensEyes">{{cite book|last1=Farr|first1=Dorothy|last2=Luckyj|first2=Natalie|title=From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada|date=1975|publisher=Agnes Etherington Art Centre|location=Kingston|pages=60–61}}</ref> | '''Marcelle Ferron''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|GOQ|RCA}} (January 29, 1924 – November 19, 2001) was a Canadian [[painting|painter]] and [[stained glass]] artist, was one of the original 16 signatories of [[Paul-Émile Borduas]]'s [[Refus global]] manifesto, and a major figure in the [[Quebec]] contemporary art scene, associated with the [[Automatistes]].<ref name="FromWomensEyes " >{{cite book|last1=Farr|first1=Dorothy|last2=Luckyj|first2=Natalie|title=From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada|date=1975|publisher=Agnes Etherington Art Centre|location=Kingston|pages=60–61}}</ref> | ||
==Early years== | ==Early years== | ||
Ferron was born in [[Louiseville]], Quebec on January 29, 1924. Her brother [[Jacques Ferron]] and her sister [[Madeleine Ferron]] were both writers. She studied at the École des beaux-arts de Québec before dropping out, unsatisfied with the way the school's instructors addressed modern art.<ref name=LAC>{{cite web |url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1160-e.html |title=Marcelle Ferron |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 2, 2000 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=March 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101048/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1160-e.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> | Ferron was born in [[Louiseville]], Quebec on January 29, 1924. Her brother [[Jacques Ferron]] and her sister [[Madeleine Ferron]] were both writers. She studied at the École des beaux-arts de Québec before dropping out, unsatisfied with the way the school's instructors addressed modern art.<ref name=LAC >{{cite web |url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1160-e.html |title=Marcelle Ferron |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 2, 2000 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=March 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101048/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1160-e.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Ferron was an early member of [[Paul-Émile Borduas]]'s ''Automatistes'' art movement. She signed the manifesto [[Refus global]], a watershed event in the Quebec cultural scene, in 1948.<ref name=Davis>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marcelle-ferron/ |title=Marcelle Ferron |last=Davis |first=Ann |date=May 22, 2008 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |edition=online |access-date=March 28, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124226/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marcelle-ferron/ |archivedate=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> | Ferron was an early member of [[Paul-Émile Borduas]]'s ''Automatistes'' art movement. She signed the manifesto [[Refus global]], a watershed event in the Quebec cultural scene, in 1948.<ref name=Davis >{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marcelle-ferron/ |title=Marcelle Ferron |last=Davis |first=Ann |date=May 22, 2008 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |edition=online |access-date=March 28, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124226/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marcelle-ferron/ |archivedate=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==Work== | ==Work== | ||
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==Awards and honours== | ==Awards and honours== | ||
At the VI Bienal (1961) in São Paulo, Brazil, she represented Canada along with [[Ron Bloore]], [[Alex Colville]], [[Gordon A. Smith|Gordon Smith]] and [[Harold Town]] and won the silver medal, making her the first Québécoise to receive such an international recognition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Works |url=https://www.heffel.com/Auction/LotDetails_E?Request=iZTDNdl2DfJc8jRi4pFzNF4FyYcqe80krsL77dDV7HA22fVbrPA6LM988u1hciSicAOzpheAC5hYER2mYudI5uibPMd/LJKcR+3zVuQuHNFS1F5E9VNIWHBwLJj7b3JxoTdBkR1lQ/yE+dFtta3Y0ewaLtKXgMb9UyRV78/NXdbH66O9aPeSQIwvzMPZKo7/u7gX0cROqUApDoRT/9VWrgYOpDAYIiGa1FlbeSjyfP0= |website=www.heffel.com |publisher=Heffel Auction House, Post-War & Contemporary Art November 23, 2023 |access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> | At the VI Bienal (1961) in São Paulo, Brazil, she represented Canada along with [[Ron Bloore]], [[Alex Colville]], [[Gordon A. Smith|Gordon Smith]] and [[Harold Town]] and won the silver medal, making her the first Québécoise to receive such an international recognition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Works |url=https://www.heffel.com/Auction/LotDetails_E?Request=iZTDNdl2DfJc8jRi4pFzNF4FyYcqe80krsL77dDV7HA22fVbrPA6LM988u1hciSicAOzpheAC5hYER2mYudI5uibPMd/LJKcR+3zVuQuHNFS1F5E9VNIWHBwLJj7b3JxoTdBkR1lQ/yE+dFtta3Y0ewaLtKXgMb9UyRV78/NXdbH66O9aPeSQIwvzMPZKo7/u7gX0cROqUApDoRT/9VWrgYOpDAYIiGa1FlbeSjyfP0= |website=www.heffel.com |publisher=Heffel Auction House, Post-War & Contemporary Art November 23, 2023 |access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> | ||
In 1983, she was awarded the [[Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas|Paul-Émile-Borduas prize]] for the visual arts by the government of Quebec.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.asp?noLaureat=183 |title=Prix du Quebec |access-date=2003-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031020214249/http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.asp?noLaureat=183 |archive-date=2003-10-20 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1985, she was made a Knight of the [[National Order of Quebec]] and was promoted to Grand Officer in 2000. She also was a member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]].<ref name=RCA1880>{{cite web |title=Members since 1880 |url=http://rca-arc.ca/who-we-are/members/members-since-1880/ |publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |accessdate=September 7, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323165616/http://rca-arc.ca/who-we-are/members/members-since-1880/ |archive-date=March 23, 2019 }}</ref> | In 1983, she was awarded the [[Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas|Paul-Émile-Borduas prize]] for the visual arts by the government of Quebec.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.asp?noLaureat=183 |title=Prix du Quebec |access-date=2003-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031020214249/http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.asp?noLaureat=183 |archive-date=2003-10-20 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1985, she was made a Knight of the [[National Order of Quebec]] and was promoted to Grand Officer in 2000. She also was a member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]].<ref name=RCA1880 >{{cite web |title=Members since 1880 |url=http://rca-arc.ca/who-we-are/members/members-since-1880/ |publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |accessdate=September 7, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323165616/http://rca-arc.ca/who-we-are/members/members-since-1880/ |archive-date=March 23, 2019 }}</ref> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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Marcelle Ferron Template:Post-nominals (January 29, 1924 – November 19, 2001) was a Canadian painter and stained glass artist, was one of the original 16 signatories of Paul-Émile Borduas's Refus global manifesto, and a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene, associated with the Automatistes.[1]
Early years
Ferron was born in Louiseville, Quebec on January 29, 1924. Her brother Jacques Ferron and her sister Madeleine Ferron were both writers. She studied at the École des beaux-arts de Québec before dropping out, unsatisfied with the way the school's instructors addressed modern art.[2]
Ferron was an early member of Paul-Émile Borduas's Automatistes art movement. She signed the manifesto Refus global, a watershed event in the Quebec cultural scene, in 1948.[3]
Work
In 1953, she moved to Paris, where she worked for 13 years in drawing and painting and was introduced to the art of stained glass, for which she would become best known.[4] She was particularly inspired by the work of French glass artist, Michel Blum and his innovations.[5] Ferron returned in 1966 to Quebec, where she worked exclusively with stained glass for the next two decades.
One of her stained-glass windows is at Champ-de-Mars metro station in Montreal, Quebec. It was one of the first non-figurative works to be installed in the metro, in defiance of the didactic style present in other works of the period, and signalled a major shift in public art in Montreal between the policies of then art director Robert Lapalme and future art director and fellow automatiste Jean-Paul Mousseau. Other examples of her works can be seen at Vendôme metro station, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, and the ICAO headquarters, in Montreal; the Place du Portage in Gatineau, Quebec; and the Granby, Quebec courthouse.
Awards and honours
At the VI Bienal (1961) in São Paulo, Brazil, she represented Canada along with Ron Bloore, Alex Colville, Gordon Smith and Harold Town and won the silver medal, making her the first Québécoise to receive such an international recognition.[6] In 1983, she was awarded the Paul-Émile-Borduas prize for the visual arts by the government of Quebec.[7] In 1985, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec and was promoted to Grand Officer in 2000. She also was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[8]
Death
She died in Montreal, Quebec, on November 19, 2001.
Legacy
A nursing home in Brossard, Quebec, the Centre d'Accueil Marcelle-Ferron, is named after her.[9] On 7 September 2019, Google honoured Ferron with a “google doodle” to mark the anniversary of the unveiling of her installation in Montreal's Vendôme station.[10]
Record sale prices
At the Heffel Auction, Post-War & Contemporary Art, November 24, 2022, lot 17, Sans titre, oil on canvas, 63 3/4 x 51 in, 161.9 x 129.5 cm, Auction Estimate: $200,000 - $300,000 CAD, realized a price of $1,801,250 (including Buyer's Premium).[11]
At the Cowley Abbott Auction, Important Canadian Art (Sale 1), December 1, 2022, lot #43 Sans titre (1960), oil on canvas, 74.75 x 98.5 ins ( 189.9 x 250.2 cms ), Auction Estimate: $550,000.00 - $750,000.00, realized a price of $1,260,000.00.[12]
References
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Marcelle Ferron Bio https://www.canadianartgroup.com/post-war-artists/marcelle-ferron/
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- 1924 births
- 2001 deaths
- Canadian stained glass artists and manufacturers
- Grand Officers of the National Order of Quebec
- People from Louiseville
- Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- 20th-century Canadian painters
- Burials at Mount Royal Cemetery
- Academic staff of Université Laval
- Canadian abstract artists
- Canadian glass artists
- Women glass artists
- 20th-century Canadian women painters
- Artists from Quebec