Louis Archambault
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Career
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received his BA from the University of Montreal in 1936 and a diploma in ceramics from the École des Beaux Arts, Montreal in 1939,[3] becoming an instructor in sculpture at the École in 1949.[4] In 1952, he exhibited his work at the then Art Gallery of Toronto with Alfred Pellan.[4] In 1953, he won a Canadian Government Fellowship to study in Paris and Venice.[4] In 1956, works by Archambault along with those of Jack Shadbolt and Harold Town represented Canada at the Venice Biennale.[3] He was commissioned in 1957 to make a ceramic wall for the Canadian pavilion at the Brussels International and Universal Exposition in 1958.[4] In 1958, he won the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal.[3]
His work is in such public collections in Canada as the National Gallery of Canada,[5] the Art Gallery of Ontario[4] and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa.[6] His completed commissions include sculptures for the Pearson International Airport, Malton, Ontario; the Ottawa airport; Expo ’67, Montreal and Queen`s Park, Toronto.[3] He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[3] In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[7]
He was the subject of Searching for Louis Archambault (À la recherche de Louis Archambault), a 2000 documentary film by Werner Volkmer.[8]
After his death in 2003, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[9]
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Bibliography
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