Claude A. Simard

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| birth_name = Claude Alphonse Simard

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| birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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| education = Ontario College of Art and Design (graduated 1966)

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Claude Alphonse Simard {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|RCA|size=100%}} (July 9, 1943 – September 15, 2014) was a Canadian painter born in Quebec City, Quebec.{{cite web|url=http://ocadualumni.ca/passing-of-claude-a-simard-avis-de-deces-de-claude-a-simard/|publisher=ocadualumni.ca|title=Passing of Claude A. Simard / Avis de décès de Claude A. Simard|access-date=30 November 2014|archive-date=5 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205112747/http://ocadualumni.ca/passing-of-claude-a-simard-avis-de-deces-de-claude-a-simard/|url-status=dead}} Simard's works depicted garden scenes, landscapes, still lifes and the human figure in a boldly colored and stylzed manner.

Biography

Born in Quebec City, Simard studied graphic design at the Ontario College of Art, in Toronto (1962-1966).A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada While still a student in his final year he served as an apprentice with the British Motors Corporation's graphic design department in Birmingham, England (1965). In 1966 he became head of Communications and Design for Simons' in Quebec City. In 1972 he was responsible for the redesigning of Simons' Sainte-Foy store. In 1973 he founded the Communikart design group and worked on corporate identity projects, book publishing, advertising, environmental graphics and exhibition design till 1984. He also designed over a dozen books for the Quebec Museum; and was a consultant for the Quebec government. In 1979 he was also involved in designing for Parks Canada. He became vice-dean of the Faculty of Arts at Laval University, then in 1975-1981, taught part-time at the School. He was a Professor, University of Laval (1984–2001).

Honours

Founding member of Quebec Graphic Designers Society (1974) and author of Society's Code of Ethics (Bd. of Dirs. 1974-1976)
NY Soc. of Illustrators (1977)
Elected Royal Canadian Academy of Arts,{{cite web|title=Members since 1880 |url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |accessdate=11 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |archivedate=26 May 2011 }} (1983) (Council Mbr. 1984- 1987)

Art work

Over 60 silk screen prints editioned since 1975{{cite web |title=Article |url=https://www.klinkhoff.ca/artists/21-claude-a.-simard |website=www.klinkhoff.ca |publisher=Alan Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal |access-date=16 June 2025}}
Card editions by Unicef, Hallmark, L'Imagerie and Cartes Pôle Nord
postage stamps for Canada Post 1983 and 1987
Major mural commissions for Parks Canada, Esso, City of Sainte-Foy
Artist Garden (Jardin Bon Accueil) subject of several major articles and TV shows

Selected exhibitions

35 solo exhibitions since 1974, such as the following:

Paris Show at L'Orangerie de Bagatelle, 1991
Montreal, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997
Calgary, Masters Gallery, 1992, 1995, 2000
Toronto, Roberts Gallery, 1996, 1999, 2000
Québec City, Galerie Perreault, 2011
"Painting Happiness": Claude A. Simard Retrospective, Centre d’interprétation historique de Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, 2016{{cite web |title=Painting Happiness |url=https://claudeasimard.com/en/tributes|website=claudeasimard.com |publisher=claudeasimard.com |access-date=9 August 2022}}