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MARTIN, Édith
- Born
- Trois-Pistoles, Québec, 1918
- Died
- , 1993
- Biography synopsis
- Édith Martin came from a family that specialized in producing liturgical vestments. She learned traditional Quebec weaving techniques directly from her family, including her sister who attended a technical school. Édith Martin is recognized for her choice of motifs and colors which were more modern than traditional garments. In addition to liturgical vestments, Édith Martin made clothing accessories including scarves and ties. During the 1960s she collaborated with Montreal designers Marielle Fleury et Michel Robichaud; their works were included in a few exhibitions. In 1966, she also exhibited at the Canadian Guild of Crafts in Montreal. In the latter part of the 1960s, Édith Martin produced a few murals, and in 1967 co-ordinated the creation of the theatre curtain for the Cultural Centre in Rivière-du-Loup. A number of her works are held in the collection of the Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and the Musée de la civilisation à Québec.
- Media used
- Enamel and Enamelling
- Textiles
- File & Archive locations
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "There are Still (...)." Montreal Star 12 Mar. 1966
- Altschul, Susan. "Artist Finds Self-expression in Weaving." Gazette (Montreal) 23 Mar. 1966: 22
- Amélie Lévesque et al.. Trois-Pistoles: culture et patrimoine: la revue du souvenir de la vie culturelle et du patrimoine de Trois-Pistoles. Trois Pistoles: Communications Faucon, 1996
- Arbour, Rose-Marie and Suzanne Lemerise. "Le rôle des Québécoises dans les arts plastiques depuis trente ans." Vie des Arts 20.78 (1975): 16-24
- Baril, Gerald. Dicomode: dictionnaire de la mode au Quebec de 1900 a nos jours. St-Laurent, Quebec: Fides, 2004
- Côté, Louise. ''Artisanes du Québec : Renouveau dans le bijou, le tissage , la poterie.'' Châtelaine (Montreal) 12. 12 (Dec.1971): 26-29
- Derome, Gilles. ''Les arts et les autres: Artisanat : du miel et du vinaigre.'' Maclean (Montréal) 4.3 (Mar.1964): 63
- Lamy, Laurent. "Les beaux-arts par L. Lamy: M.A. Beaudin et Edith Martin." Le Devoir (Montreal) 3 Mar. 1966: 11
- Lamy, Suzanne et Laurent. La Renaissance des métiers d'art au Canada français. Montréal: Québec- Ministère des Affaires culturelles, 1967
- Rioux, Emmanuel, Société hist. et généal. Trois-Pistoles. Histoire de Trois-Pistoles, 1697-1997. Trois-Pistoles: Centre d'édition des Basque, 1997
- Robert, Guy. L'Art au Québec depuis 1940. Montreal: La Presse, 1973
- Simard, Cyril. Artisanat Quebecois. Montreal: Les Editions de l'Homme, 1975
- Tougas, Claudette. "Jouer fils et coloris jusqu'à la beauté." Montréal-Matin 22 Oct. 1971: 19
- Williamson, Moncrieff. Canadian Fine Crafts: An Exhibition Collection by Moncrieff Williamson Montreal: Canadian Government Pavillion, 1967
