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THOMARAT, Jeanne A. (Aline)
- Born
- Lyon, France, 1893
- Died
- ?, ?
- Biography synopsis
- Jeanne Thomarat was born in Lyon, France in 1893. She immigrated to Canada in 1905 after being trained as a pattern maker in her native France. She is a self-described "primitive" artist because she received no training and did not desire any. She and her husband, a handyman, settled in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, where Thomarat "tried to paint places that are not busy, everybody in a hurry ... where people can relax and enjoy life." She was one subject of a documentary produced by the CBC program Spectrum in 1979 on folk artists, which brought the National Gallery's attention to previously unknown artists.
- Media used
- Oil
- File & Archive locations
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- London Public Library, ON
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Arts Branch
- Canadian Museum of Civilization Archives, QC
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- University of Regina, SK - Archives and Special Collections
- Hamilton Public Library, ON - Local History and Archives Department
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Making a Home Out of Existence: Nine Prairie Folk Artists." Artscanada 36.230-31 (Oct-Nov. 1979): 1-14.
- Crepeau, Pierre, et al. From the Heart: Folk Art in Canada. Ottawa: McClelland and Stewart & National Museum of Civilization, 1983.
- Kobayashi, Terry and Michael Bird. A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1985.
- Kritzwiser, Kay. "Down-Home Talent Shows Up in Folk Art." Globe and Mail (Toronto) 15 Dec. 1979: E5.
- Long, Timothy and The MacKenzie Art Gallery. Prairie Icons: The Discovery of Saskatchewan Folk Art. Regina: The MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1990.
- Magocsi, Paul and Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
- McKendry, Blake. A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms. Kingston: B. McKendry, 1997.
- McKendry, Blake. An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art. Kingston, Ontario: B. McKendry, 1999.
- Newman, Marketa. The Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists, 2 Volumes. Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1990.
- Vancouver Art Gallery. "?" Vanguard 15 (1986/1987): 12.
