Paul Vanier Beaulieu was a Montreal native who spent the post-World War II years painting in Paris and rubbing shoulders with such luminaries as Picasso and master printer Georges Leblanc. His work was celebrated by his contemporaries, but as part of the European art movement he hasn’t had the recognition...

Deux galeries d'art montréalaises établies proposent à compter de samedi et jusqu'au 26 septembre deux expositions rétrospectives de peintres québécois de la modernité ayant fait leur marque. La galerie Valentin présente ainsi Jean Paul Lemieux/Oeuvres de 1956 à 1979. Les oeuvres choisies, plus d'une vingtaine d'huiles empruntées à des collections...

For all the estimable artistic talent that might have made him famous anywhere in the world, Fred Ross has held a deep connection to Saint John and its people. At 82, the work is still coming strong, and his love and admiration of the place, its people and a glass...

Philip Surrey, at his best, presents a paradoxical, mystifying mixture of banality turning into violence HENRY LEHMANN THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL Sep 25, 2004 - p. H2 Montreal painter Philip Surrey (1910-1990) is best known for his nocturnal scenes - at least by those relatively few members of the general public...

In the context of contemporary art, the work of Maurice Cullen (1866-1934) might seem incredibly conservative. Yet, in his time, the late 19th and a chunk of the 20th century, his work was quite radical. Cullen’s vision of reality was especially far out in a Canada still under the...