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Lemieux, Maurice |
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Lemieux, F. Maurice |
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| Technique: |
Sculpture |
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Male |
| Born: |
1931 Valleyfield Quebec Canada |
| Died: |
1994 Montréal Quebec Canada |
| File Location: |
University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
National Gallery of Canada - Library and Archives / Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Library Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal - Media Centre Artexte |
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A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (Hide) LEMIEUX, Maurice b. (c) 1932 A sculptor from Valleyfield, Quebec, self taught, he created one of the biggest metal sculptures in Canada on the exterior wall of the auditorium of the Seminary of Saint-Jean-d'Iberville. He worked for three months on his two-and-a-half ton creation. Originally he intended using 1/4" steel sheets but this would have doubled its weight. He chose 1/8 inch steel sheets and then reinforced the work with a framework similar to that used in an aeroplane wing. The sculpture which stands 35 feet high by 20 feet wide symbolizes the motto of the Seminary "Let us love one another". Lemieux has exhibited his work at the University of Montreal and the Biennial of Madrid in 1957; Saint Helene Island, 1958; Artek Gallery, 1959; Galerie Libre permanently since 1959. References Architecture-Batiment-Construction, Mtl., P.Q., April, 1959 "A la Galerie Artek" A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S.
MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and
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