Jacques de Tonnancour
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour RCA was a Canadian artist and art educator. He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal in 1937 but after three years left as he found the teaching too conservative. He admired the work of Goodridge Roberts and Paul Emile Borduas. He joined the Contemporary Arts Society of Montreal in 1942.
Though he admired Borduas as a painter, he was not in agreement with the political direction of the Automatistes. In 1948, he helped compose the manifesto which Alfred Pellan used to establish the Prisme d'yeux group. This group opposed those who would sign the Refus Global later that year, feeling that painting should not be a political act.
de Tonnancour had a long and active career as an artist, moving between representational and abstract approaches; producing paintings, sculptures, collages and photographs at various points in his career. His work is included many public collections including the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec; National Gallery of Canada; Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University; Carleton University Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Art Gallery of Hamilton; Confederation Centre Art Gallery; Museum London; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery; among others.
Creator Id: 839Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Quebec
Year of Birth: 1917
City: Montreal
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist, Writer
Gender: Male
Living Status: Deceased
Mediums: commission, painting, printmaking, public art, sculpture
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