Leon bellefleur biography
Léon Bellefleur
Canadian artist (1910-2007)
Léon Bellefleur | |
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| Born | (1910-02-08)February 8, 1910 Montreal, PQ |
| Died | February 22, 2007(2007-02-22) (aged 97) Montreal, PQ |
| Education | mainly self-taught; teachers college, Montreal (graduating 1929); evening classes at the École des Beaux-Arts until 1936 |
| Spouse | Rita Jolicoeur (m. 1936) |
| Awards | Canada Council grants (1958, 1978); Jessie Dow award (1951); honourable mention for his drawings in the Second Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art (1951); first Quebec Government award for the arts (1977); Prix Borduas (1977); Louis-Philippe Hébert Prize from the Société-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (1985); honorary doctorate from Concordia University, Montreal (1985) |
| Elected | member in 1989, Royal Canadian Academy |
Léon BellefleurRCA D.F.A. (February 8, 1910 – February 22, 2007) was a French-Canadian abstract painter and print-maker.
Career
Léon Bellefleur was born in Montr