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BOLDUC, Yvonne : 1905 - 1983

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Who in Charlevoix does not know the famous duo of naïve artists, Blanche and Yvonne Bolduc. Born in Baie St-Paul in 1905, Yvonne learned the art of sculpting on wood from her father and started painting the world around her as a young adolescent: her family, life on the farm, life in the village, nuns returning from mass. Since money was tight, she prepared her own color pigments from berries or various grains.

After 1934, Yvonne Bolduc opened herself up to new inspirations. She started by painting about twenty canvases inspired from Louis Hémon’s novel, Maria Chapdelaine.

She was then inspired by other novels: La lignée des Terriens by Arthur Prévost; La Pension Velder by Robert Choquette; Menaud, maître-draveur by Félix-Antoine Savard (1939) and, above all, Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon. These works allowed her to create thirty-six paintings and sculptures in 1943.

Yvonne Bolduc’s work is important. Her universe embraced all the realities of life as they were in her country of Charlevoix. In these mountains, the work was harsh and individuals lived in a close and respectful family environment with simple religious beliefs. Her work was equal to the work of other popular painters. She remains one of the most important artists of her generation…

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