Marc-Aurèle Fortin
Encyclopedia
Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a Québécois
painter.
His works are displayed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
in Montreal
. The electoral district Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
is named in his honour, and he was designated a National Historic Person by the federal environment minister
, on advice of the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board.
French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....
painter.
His works are displayed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. The electoral district Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin (electoral district)
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 99,044.-Geography:...
is named in his honour, and he was designated a National Historic Person by the federal environment minister
Minister of the Environment (Canada)
The Minister of the Environment is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's environment department, Environment Canada...
, on advice of the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board.
Exhibitions
- "Dimanche à l'Ile Sainte-Hélène", Musée du Québec, exhibition not dated.
- "Collections d'Artistes", Place des Arts, Montreal, 1979;
- "Esthétiques modernes", National Gallery of CanadaNational Gallery of CanadaThe National Gallery of Canada , located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries.The Gallery is now housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The acclaimed structure was...
, 1982, cat. no. 12, box no. 1; - Musée Marc-Aurèle, Exhibition 24-01-84 to 24-04-84, P-20;
- Marc-Aurèle Fortin Retrospective Exhibition, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, September 2006, no. 13.
- Marc-Aurèle Fortin, McMichael Canadian Art CollectionMcMichael Canadian Art CollectionThe McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an art gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto. It houses an extensive collection of paintings by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, and First Nations and Inuit artists....
, Kleinburg, OntarioKleinburg, Ontario-External links:* * *...
, July 2011
External links
- Marc-Aurèle Fortin at The Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian Encyclopedia is a source of information on Canada. It is available online, at no cost. The Canadian Encyclopedia is available in both English and French and includes some 14,000 articles in each language on a wide variety of subjects including history, popular culture, events, people,...
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal