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LEROUX-GUILLAUME, Janine
- Born
- St. Hermas, Quebec, 1927
- Died
- Montreal, Quebec, 2018
- Biography synopsis
- Janine Leroux Guillaume is recognised as a Master Printer but also worked in other media including painting, collage and sculpture. She studied at the Ecole des beaux-arts du Montreal, and was also invited a number of times to attend residencies at the Atelier Lacouriere in Paris beginning in 1959. Along with with her husband, Pierre Guillaume, who was also a printmaker, she travelled extensively in Europe and the U.S. Leroux-Guillaume was also recognized for her teaching at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and at the Universités du Québec à Montréal and Hull as well as the CEGEP du Vieux Montreal between 1965 and 1969. Although her early work was figurative, she later transitioned to abstraction and surrealism in her representations of nature. She was known for exploring and mastering new techniques in printmaking, including wood engraving as well as the complex technique "maniere noire" (dark matter). She associated with the well-known Automatist artists; however, she never became a member of this or any group. Her work has been exhibited in different parts of Europe and is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec among others. Janine Leroux-Guillaume passed away the day after the opening of a retrospective exhibition of her work.
- Media used
- Artists' books
- Collage
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Watercolour
- Education
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1949 - ?
- Atelier Lacouriere Freault (Paris), 1959 - ?
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Décès de l’artiste Janine Leroux Guillaume." Le Devoir 1 Feb. 2018
- Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec. L'Estampe originale au Québec, 1980-1990 Montreal: Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, 1991
- Cloutier, Laure, Leroux Guillaume, Janine, illustrator. Bois de rose Montreal: Éditions Vendémiaire, 1990
- de Roussan, Jacques. "Les Ombres et les Lumières de Janine Leroux-Guillaume." Vie des Arts 2.93 (hiver 1978-1979): 52
- Dugas, Maryse. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Janine Leroux-Guillaume Montreal: Universite du Quebec a Montreal, 2013
- Dugas, Maryse. Le Paysage est un lieu habité : collages, watercolors, prints by Janine Leroux Guillaume : exhibition, June 2-30, 1988 Boston: French Library in Boston, 1988
- Dugas, Maryse, Hould, Claudette, and Natacha Dufaux. Janine Leroux Guillaume, Maître Graveur. Montreal: Les Productions Qu'est-ce que tu chantes de beau., 2013
- Gagnon, Francois-Marc. "Panorama de la Gravure québécoise des Années 1958-1965." Vie des Arts 90 (Printemps 1978): 28
- Gladu, Paul. "Gravures de Janine Leroux." Le Petit Journal (21 avril 1957): 63
- Grandbois, Michele. L'Art québécois de l'Estampe, 1945-1990 Quebec, Quebec: Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec, 1999
- Grandbois, Michele. "Les Artistes du Québec et les ateliers de gravure parisiens." Nouvelles de l'estampe 144 (Dec 1995): 144
- Lepage, Jocelyne. "À la galerie Aubes 3935 Janine Leroux-Guillaume et Pierre Guillaume." La Presse 17 mars 1984: C22
- 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
- MacFarlane, Eddy. "La jeune gravure canadienne." Vie des Arts 19 (1960): 8-11.
http://www.erudit.org/en/journals/va/1960-n19-va1208922/55222ac.pdf - Ouvrard, Helene. La Gravure sur Bois Debout : Janine Leroux-Guillaume Montreal: Editions Formart, 1972
- Sasseville, Stella. "Janine Leroux-Guillaume: De la Gravure Avant Toute Chose." Vie des Arts 36.144 (Fall 1991): 42-43
http://www.erudit.org/en/journals/va/1900-v1-n1-va1148468/53697ac.pdf - Sasseville, Stella. "L’œuvre de Janine Leroux-Guillaume répond à une réalité historique." Revue Art et Métier du livre 169 (Sept/Oct 1991): 16-49
Writings by- Brault, Jacques, Leroux Guillaume, Janine, illustrator. Vingt-quatre murmures en novembre Chambly, Quebec: Editions Noroit, 1980
- Frechette, Jean-Marc, Leroux-Guillaume, Janine, illustrator. Poemes Éditions Sagitta, 1987
- Gagnon, Madeleine, Leroux Guillaume, Janine. Juste un instant: une suite poétique Montreal: Éditions Les Imagiers, 1998
- Leroux-Perron, Hermine, Leroux-Guillaume, Janine, illustrato. Les Brûlis: Poèmes Montreal: Éditions Les Imagiers, 1983
- Marie-Anastasie, Leroux, Janine, Bujold, F. Richard Lacroix. Sept eaux fortes Montreal: Editions Goglin, 1959
