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BERGERON, Suzanne (Mrs Jean Claude Suhit)
- Born
- Causapscal, Quebec, 1930
- Died
- Quebec, Quebec, 1998
- Biography synopsis
- Suzanne Bergeron entered the École des Beaux-arts de Québec, studying with Jean Paul Lemieux among others in the early 1950s. In 1955, she had her first solo exhibition at the Agnès Lefort Gallery in Montreal and also won first prize for painting at the Concours artistiques de la province which allowed her to travel to Paris where she attended the École du Louvre. She received the Prix de la Ville de Paris from the City of Paris in 1956, and exhibited in the International Exhibition of Paintings at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. The Marcel Bernheim Gallery in Paris exhibited her work in a solo show which included semi-abstract works of nature and landscapes. When she returned to Canada in 1958 she was accorded a bursary from the Royal Society of Canada. From the end of the 1950s, Bergeron participated in several group exhibitions in Canada, including at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1958, and internationally at Biennale of São Paulo (1959), NYC (1959); Mexican Biennale (1960); as well as shows in London, Amsterdam, Brussels. In 1963 she participated in the Canadian Biennial and also returned to Paris on a Canada Council Grant, spending four years in France. After a retrospective exhibition at the Musée du Québec in 1974, she became unable to paint due to health problems. Her work is held at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the National Gallery of Canada. In 2009 her work was included in an exhibition of Quebec women artists entitled “La conquete de l’espace 1900-1965” at the Musée national du Quebec.
- Media used
- Drawing
- Painting
- Education
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Quebec, 1949 - 1953 (under Jean-Paul Lemieux)
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- London Public Library
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- “Governor-General opens Art Exhibit.” The Gazette 12 Jan 1957: 22
- Art Gallery of Toronto. Four Canadians : Suzanne Bergeron, Ghitta Caiserman, Jacqueline Gilson, Monique Voyer 28th February - March 14th, 1958 Toronto, ON: Art Gallery of Toronto, 1958
- Baillargeon, Christiane. "Femmes artistes connaitre l'art autre." Vie des Arts 215 (Summer 2009): 40-43
http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/52403ac - Buchanan, Donald W. Second Biennial of Canadian Art, 1957 Ottawa, ON: National Gallery of Canada/Galerie Nationale du Canada, 1957
- Capreol, Joan. "Artistic Abilities of Women Seen in First Quebec Exhibit. The Globe and Mail 19 Dec 1964: 12
- Farrell-Ward, Lorna, and Longstaffe, Ron. The Longstaffe Collection 1959 - 1984. Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1985
- Folch, Jacques. "Une Romantique." Vie des Arts 14 (1959): 23-25.
- Fulford, Robert. "Suzanne Bergeron." Canadian Art 18.1 (Jan 1961): 10-11
- Gascon, France and Pascale Champagne. The School of Women: 50 Canadian Artists at the Museum Joliette, Québec: Musée d'art de Joliette, 2003
- Harper, J. Russell, et al. 5th Biennal Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1963/ 5e Exposition biennale de la peinture canadienne, Ottawa, ON: National Gallery of Canada/Galerie Nationale du Canada, 1963
- Heller, Jules and Nancy. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century New York: Garland, 1995
- Hill, C.C. and P.B. Landry, eds. National Gallery Catalogue, Canadian Art. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1988
- Leduc, Fernand. 35 peintres dans l'actualité / 35 Painters of Today Montreal: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art, 1957
- Lumsden, Ian G. Fredericton Collects Fredericton, NB: Fredericton, NB: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1979
- MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009
- Ostiguy, Jean Rene. “Suzanne Bergeron: Peintre de Quebec.” Le Devoir 11 May 1955: 5
- Pfeiffer, Dorothy. “Bergeron at Galerie Lefort.” The Gazette 26 Oct 1963: 18
- Pfeiffer, Dorothy. “Fifth Canadian Biennial.” The Gazette 05 Oct 1963: 18
- Pfeiffer, Dorothy. “Suzanne Bergeron Exhibition.” The Gazette 28 Feb 1959: 11
- Posner, Michael.. "NAC showcases the Best of Quebec." The Globe and Mail (Online)The Globe and Mail, 2007/02/21/ 21 Feb 2007:
- Trepanier, Esther and Landry, Pierre. Femmes artistes du XXe siecle au Quebec: Oeuvres du Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec Quebec, Quebec: Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec, 2010.
