Danielle April
{{Short description|Canadian artist (born 1949)}}
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Danielle April (born July 1, 1949){{cite web |title=Artists in Canada |url=https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=18079 |website=Canadian Heritage |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=14 December 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214213954/https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=18079 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=dead }} is a Canadian artist working in the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, installation art, printmaking and drawing. April's work often explores time and memory.
Life and work
Danielle April was born on July 1, 1949, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. April studied art at the École des beaux-arts de Québec, graduating in 1971, followed by earning a bachelor's degree in visual arts at the Université Laval in 1972.{{cite web |title=APRIL, Danielle (1949) |url=http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/en/artistes/april-danielle-1949/ |website=Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214213947/http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/en/artistes/april-danielle-1949/ |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Danielle April |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/danielleapril |website=Saatchi Art |accessdate=14 December 2018 |language=fr}}
She lives and works in Quebec City. Time and memory are common themes in April's artwork. In 2002, April received the Prix d’excellence de la Culture Videre from the Québec City.{{cite web |title=Danielle April |url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/artiste/april-danielle/ |website=Art Public Montréal |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215023625/https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/artiste/april-danielle/ |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live }}
Permanent collections
- Attente illusoire III, 1983, mixed media, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec{{cite web |title=Attente illusoire III |url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600022286 |website=Collections |publisher=Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022152/https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600022286 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live }}
- Precarious Balance, 2009, sculpture, Citizen's Park, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec
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Category:21st-century Canadian painters
Category:21st-century Canadian photographers
Category:21st-century Canadian sculptors
Category:Canadian illustrators
Category:Canadian installation artists
Category:Canadian women installation artists
Category:People from Rivière-du-Loup