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DELFOSSE, Madeleine
- Born
- Montreal, 1909
- Died
- ?, 1985
- Biography synopsis
- Madeleine Delfosse was the daughter of Canadian painter George Delfosse. She studied art with her father before attending the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Montreal) where she studied under Joseph St. Charles. Delfosse is known for her landscapes and portraits, which include many Quebecois political dignitaries. She was also commissioned to complete a mural for the St. Pierre Claver Church in Montreal, for which she used the seven vicars of the church as models for the seven apostles.
- Media used
- Mural painting and decoration
- Painting
- Education
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design (under Joseph St. Charles)
- File & Archive locations
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- La Presse: Section Rotogravure 20 aout 1938
- La Presse: Section Rotogravure 30 Jul. 1938
- "Madeleine Delfosse: Son Nom Restera Grace aux Eglises du Quebec" Nouvelles Illustrees Montreal 1 Jan. 1966
- "Parish's Vicars Apostles' Models" The Gazette 23 Sep. 1947
- Anderson, Janice. Creating Room: Canadian Women Mural Painters and Rereadings of the Public and the Private. Montreal: Concordia University, 2002
- Harris, J.N.. "Add Whiskers" Toronto Saturday Night 4 Oct. 1947
- 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.
- Prakash, A. K. Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women's Art Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2008
- Strouse, Jean. "Apostles 1947." Newsweek 30.14 (1947): 26
- Westbridge, Anthony R. The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction. Vancouver: Westbridge Publications, 2001
