Monique Charbonneau
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Monique Charbonneau (1928–2014) was a Canadian artist, known for her etchings, lithographs, lyrical wood engravings and gouache paintings. She designed the
Canada Post stamp to commemorate the life and work of Quebec poet Emile Nelligan (1879-1941) with the illustration of his
poem Le vaisseau d'or (The Golden Ship).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{{Cite web|url = http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2014/12/11/monique-charbonneau-une-grande-artiste-seteint-1928-2014/|title = Monique Charbonneau, une grande artiste s'éteint (1928-2014)|date = 2014-12-11|access-date = 2019-05-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181220052747/http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2014/12/11/monique-charbonneau-une-grande-artiste-seteint-1928-2014/|archive-date = 2018-12-20|url-status = live}} She is one of several artists from Quebec that author Maria Tippett says derived their inspiration from nature. Tippett, Maria, By a Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by canadian Women, Viking, Toronto, 1992 p. 125
Career
Charbonneau (born Montreal) studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal with Alfred Pellan (1950-1952); at the Ecole du Louvre, Paris (1958-1959); and Albert Dumouchel (1959-1964); with Toshi Yoshida, Tokyo (1973); and at the Ateliers Desjobert, Paris (1975). Her solo
shows included: Galerie Agnès Lefort, Montreal (1960) (1961) (1963) (1965); Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (1965); Carmen
Lamanna Gallery, Tor. (1966); Galerie Images-Faseb, Ott. (1979) and others. She has taken part in many international
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,{{Cite web | url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/monique-charbonneau | title=Monique Charbonneau | access-date=2019-05-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115085749/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/monique-charbonneau | archive-date=2018-01-15 | url-status=live }} the Tate Museum, London{{Cite web | url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/monique-charbonneau-890 |title = Monique Charbonneau born 1928}} the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.{{Cite web | url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600022807 | title=L'EAU noire IV - Charbonneau, Monique | Collections | MNBAQ | access-date=2019-05-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703183726/https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600022807 | archive-date=2019-07-03 | url-status=live }} She was a member of the Assoc. des graveurs du Québec (Pres.
1973-1974); and Soc. des Artistes Prof. du Qué. (1972). She lived in St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
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