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FAINMEL, Marguerite Paquette
- Born
- Montreal, Quebec, 1910
- Died
- Ile-des-Soeurs, Quebec, 1981
- Biography synopsis
- Marguerite Fainmel (nee Paquette) studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal during the 1920s, lived in New York City between 1929 to 1931, and attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris from 1931 to 1934. In addition to painting, she produced murals of landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and figures using oils, watercolours, pastels, and pen and ink. In 1931 she exhibited at the New Gallery in Montreal before moving to Paris where her work was included at the Salle d'Automne in 1932. She exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from 1938-1942, and in 1943 had a solo show, and exhibited extensively in Montreal galleries. She became a member of the Contemporary Arts Society, showing her work in annual exhibitions in 1943 and 44. She was also a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, founded in 1941. Her work was included in the Riverside Museum Exhibition of Canadian Women Artists in 1947, and In 1949 one of her portrait works was included in an exhibition of Canadian artists in the Canadian consulate in Chile. In 1943 she exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her work is held in various galleries including the National Gallery of Canada.
- Media used
- Costume design
- Oil painting
- Painting
- Pen and Ink
- Watercolour
- Education
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal
- Académie André Lhote (under André Lhote)
- Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
- Memberships
- Contemporary Arts Society, 1939
- Federation of Canadian Artists
- File & Archive locations
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Dessins et Gravures d'Artistes canadiens." Le Devoir 19 Nov. 1947: 5
- "Exhibit at 'New Gallery': Sculpture and Painting by Two Montreal Artists." The Gazette (Montreal) 23 Mar. 1931: 2.
- "Exposition de Peinture en cours dans la Metropole." Montreal-Matin 25 Mar. 1949: 15
- "Femmes peintres canadiennes." Le Devoir (Montreal) 23 Mar. 1948: 6
- "Les Amis de l'art." Le Devoir 26 Mar. 1949: 6
- "Les Femmes regardent la nature." La Presse 6 Oct. 1947: 4
- "Quand fleurit la lumière..." Le Devoir 22 Oct. 1947: 5
- Arbour, Rose-Marie. "Identification de l'avant-garde et identité de l'artiste: Les femmes et le groupe automatiste du Québec (1941-1948)." RACAR 21.1-2 (1994): 7-21
- Art Gallery of Ontario. The Canadian Collection Toronto: McGraw-Hill Co. of Canada, 1970
- Doyon, Charles. "C.A.S. (43)." Le Jour (Montreal) 27 Nov. 1943: 6
- Gagnon, Maurice. Sur un état actuel de la peinture canadienne. Montreal: Société des editions Pascal, 1945
- Gelinas, Simone. "Entre nous madame." Montreal-Matin 26 Mar. 1949: 10
- Girard, Henri. "Exposition Paquette Fainmell." La Revue moderne June 1931: 9
- Hill, Charles. Canadian Painting in the Thirties Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1975
- Huot, Maurice. "Les Arts graphique: Oeuvres de Marguerite Fainmel." Le Canada 6 Mar. 1943: 3
- Laberge, Albert. "L'Art et les Artistes: Expositions de peintures, de sculpteurs, et d'aquarelle." La Presse 28 March 1931: 58
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Formerly Art Association of Montreal: Spring Exhibitions, 1880-1970 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988
- Pageot, Edith-Anne. "Ambiguités de la réception critique de l'exposition 'Canadian Women Artists', Riverside Museum, New York, 1947." RACAR 27.1-2 (2000): 123-34
- Prakash, A. K. Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women's Art Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2008
- Riverside Museum, et al. Canadian Women Artists: April 27-May 18 New York, N.Y.: Riverside Museum, 1947
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, 1938) "Works in Art Exhibition Are of Unusual Merit. New Policy of Showing More Carefully Selected Pieces Followed by Association." Montreal Star March 18, 1938. p.17. Full-text pdf
