Pierre Granche
{{Short description|French-Canadian sculptor}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Pierre Granche
| image =
| caption =
| image_size = 200px
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|3|14}}
| birth_place = Montreal
| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|9|30|1948|3|14}}
| death_place = Montreal
| nationality = French-Canadian
| field = sculptor, educator.
| training = École de Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the Université de Vincennes in Paris,
| movement =
| works =
}}
Pierre Granche ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ ɡʁɑ̃ʃ}}; March 14, 1948 – September 30, 1997{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pierre-granche/|title=Pierre Granche|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|first=Gaston|last=St-Pierre|date=December 15, 2013|accessdate=May 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502211300/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pierre-granche/|archive-date=May 2, 2018|url-status=live}}) was a French-Canadian sculptor. Having studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the Université de Vincennes in Paris, he taught in the art history department of the Université de Montréal for more than twenty years (1975–1997) until his death from lung cancer in Montreal.{{cite book|last=Côté|first=Roch|title=Québec 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xltzUddW6gC&pg=PT99|year=1998|publisher=Les Editions Fides|language=French|isbn=978-2-7621-2045-5|pages=99–}}
As a sculptor, his works are mainly abstract semi-representational pieces, many in aluminium. He was highly influential in the Quebec art world for his method of integrating art and architecture.
Public artworks
Some of his public artworks include:
Image:Canada Memorial - war memorial in Green Park, London - Pierre Granche.jpg|Canada Memorial in Green Park, London, near Buckingham Palace pays tribute to the Canadians who participated in the two World Wars.{{Cite web |url=http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/stories/connolly_granche/connolly_granche03.html |title=- The Canadian War Memorial (Art and Architecture) |access-date=2009-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321045315/http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/stories/connolly_granche/connolly_granche03.html |archive-date=2007-03-21 |url-status=live }}[http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww2mem/green-park-memorial - Canada Memorial in Green Park (Veterans Affairs Canada)]
File:Montreal metro namur.jpg|Pierre Granche's *Système, a huge suspended geometric system in Namur metro station, Montreal, Quebec
File:Granche-systeme.jpg|Pierre Granche's *Système, a huge suspended geometric system in Namur metro station, Montreal, Quebec
File:Granche-totem.jpg|Pierre Granche's Totem urbain / histoire en dentelle, an allegorical representation of Montreal history, at the McCord Museum, Montreal;
File:Pierre Granche - Comme si le temps ... de la rue, Sep 17 2022.jpg|Pierre Granche's Comme si le temps... de la rue, an ensemble of symbolic aluminium free-standing sculptures in a large fountain basin visible from the exterior and interior of Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec
File:Parc Montreal-Nord.jpg|Pierre Granche's sculpture, Parc de Montréal-Nord à l'intersection des boulevards Henri-Bourassa et Léger
- 32 fois passera, le dernier s'envolera, a collection of vertical glass screens with plant forms in aluminum, symbolising education, in the courtyard of the Pavillon J-A-de Sève, UQAM, Montreal;
- Lieu re-découvert, an environmental intervention of a variety of truncated pyramid shapes, Le Gardeur hospital, Repentigny, Quebec;
- Égalité / équivalence, a grouping of sculptures representing dogs, winged men, and gardens, Université Laval, Quebec City;
References
{{Commons}}
External links
- [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/art/granche/index.html Pierre Granche - Montreal by Metro]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Granche, Pierre}}
Category:Sculptors from Quebec
Category:Contemporary sculptors
Category:20th-century Canadian sculptors
Category:Canadian male sculptors
Category:20th-century Canadian male artists
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Canada
Category:Deaths from cancer in Quebec
Category:Academic staff of the Université de Montréal