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DANSEREAU, Madeleine (Maranda)
- Born
- Montreal, Québec, 1922
- Died
- Montreal, Québec, 1991
- Biography synopsis
- Madeleine Dansereau (Maranda-Dansereau) was the first professional female jeweler in Quebec. She studied in the workshop of the Swiss jewelry maker Philippe Vauthier in Montreal from 1959 to 1965. In 1973, along with Armand Brochard, she founded the first "École de joaillerie et de métaux d'Art" in Montreal. After having participated in numerous craft exhibitions in Quebec and Ontario, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts held a solo exhibition of her work in June 1996. Her work is held in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts as well as the Canadian Museum of History in Hull.
- Media used
- Jewellery making
- Painting
- Education
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1938 - 1941
- Private study, 1959 - 1965 (under Atelier Philippe Vauthier)
- Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), ? - 1972
- Memberships
- Canadian Crafts Council
- Canadian Handicrafts Guild
- Corporation des métiers d'art
- Canadian Society of Decorative Arts
- Society of North American Goldsmiths
- File & Archive locations
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- 1974 Craft Awards/1974 Concours de métiers d'art. Ottawa: Canada- Conseil National de l'Esthétique Industrielle, 1974
- Art Magazine 11.45-48 (1979)
- Artscanada 32.196-203 (1975): 104
- Goldsmith Journal 5.22-27 (1979): 82
- Metalsmith 6-7 (1986): 50
- "Des bijoux bien de chez nous." La Presse (Montreal) 8 nov. 1972: E-2
- "Her own Show." Gazette (Montreal) 7 Nov. 1972: 13
- "Lévesque remet les premiers insignes de l'Ordre du Québec." La Presse (Montreal) 27 Jun. 1985: A-9
- "Madeleine Dansereau et Armand Brochard à New York." La Presse (Montreal) 19 Nov. 1982: B-1
- Abbott, Louise. "At Saidye Bronfman Center: 'Extension' Shows a Developing Art." Gazette (Montreal) 18 Jul. 1981: 93
- Barros, Anne. Ornament and Object: Canadian jewellery and Metal Art. Toronto: Boston Mills Press, 1997
- Brosseau, Cécile. "Madeleine Dansereau, orfèvre et joaillier. Des mains pleines de souplesse et d'imagination." La Presse (Montreal) 7 fev. 1976: F-1
- Brosseau, Cécile. "Vers une tradition en joaillerie." La Presse (Montreal) 15 Oct. 1979: C-1
- Conseil des Métiers d'art du Québec. Éloge de la joaillerie d'art au Québec de 1930 à nos jours. Montreal: 1998
- Dansereau, Mireille. Entre moi et elle. Montreal: outremont ciné-plurielles, 1992: 32 min.
http://femfilm.ca/film_search.php?film=dansereau-entre&lang=f - Del Mano Gallery. "Madeleine Dansereau." Signatures Montréal, Exhibition 1984. Los Angeles: 21 Jul. - 25 Aug. 1984
- Gordon, E. "Jewelry Creation a Precise Craft." Gazette (Montreal) 27 May 1975: 18
- Labsade, Françoise. Le Québec, un pays, une culture. Montreal: Boréal, 2001
- Le Cours, Rudy. "Les premiers titulaires de l'Ordre du Québec." La Presse (Montreal) 26 jun. 1985: B-1
- Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. "The Art of Madeleine Dansereau." Collage (Montreal) May-Jun. 1996: 13
- Robert, Guy. L'Art au Québec depuis 1940. Montreal: La Presse, 1973
- Roy, Monique. "Entre ma mère et moi : la mort qui les a séparées inspire à Mireille Dansereau un film bouleversant." Châtelaine 1 Mar. 1993
Writings by- Maranda-Dansereau, Madeleine. Pour un nouveau paradigme du bijou. Montreal: Université du Québec à Montréal, 1984
