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LEMAY, Aline
- Naissance
- Quebec, 1904
- Décès
- ?, ?
- Notice biographique
- Aline Lemay, whose name is alternatively spelled 'May', studied photography under her father, Joseph-Eudore Lemay, at his studio in Chicoutimi. She became his assistant around 1925 and worked in his studio retouching photographs. Lemay took over Le Studio Lemay in 1945. Her portraits were considered unique for the demonstrated skill and the degree of retouching. She was known for her precision and attention to minute details. Le studio Lemay closed in August 1967.She exhibited at the Association des Photographes professionels du Quebec at the Museum of Montreal of Fine Arts and received second prize in March 1952.
- Médias
- Photography
- Etudes
- Private study (Sous la direction de Joseph-Eudore Lemay)
- Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
- Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Documents sur l'artiste- “Mlle Aline Lemay, photographe, se classe deuxieme.” Le Progres du Saguenay 13 mars 1952: 2.
- Demers, Pierre. “Le Saguenay du Debut du siècle.” La Presse 1 Oct 1977: 8.
- Demers, Pierre.. “Le Saguenay du Debut du siècle.” La Presse 1 Oct 1977: 8.
- Ferland, Catherine. “EN IMAGES] L’Histoire prend la pose: voici des photographes anciens célèbres au Québec." Le Journal de Montreal 17 july 2022.
- Marcil, Madeleine. Femmes et photographie au Québec, 1839-1940 Montreal: Université du Québec à Montréal, 1990.
- Marcil, Madeleine. "Images de femmes: Les Québécoises photographes." Cap-aux-Diamants: La revue d'histoire du Québec 21 (1990): 39-41.
