Jacques Hurtubise (1939–2014) was a Canadian abstract painter,[1][2] "known for his abstract, brightly coloured acrylic paintings".[3]
Jacques Hurtubise | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939 |
| Died | 2014 |
| Education | École des beaux-arts de Montréal. |
| Known for | painter |
Career
editHurtubise was born on February 28, 1939, in Montreal, and studied painting at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. Already by 1960, at age 21, he had his first major show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.[2][3] He spent much of the 1960s living in New York City and becoming part of the abstract expressionist scene there.[1] His art at that time combined geometric forms with splashed paint, and he experimented with fluorescent colors and neon light art.[1][2] In the early 1970s his compositions were based on square forms, but by the late 1970s they shifted to linear patterns that resembled abstract landscapes.[1] His later work featured "deep-black pools, rivers and geometric forms that often mask upside-down maps and text."[2]
His many awards included the grand prize for painting at the 1965 Concours Artistique du Québec, the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award of the Canada Council for the Arts in 1992,[4] and the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas from the Québec government in 2000.[2]
Following his daughter`s death in 1980, he sold his Montreal home and travelled. He moved to Nova Scotia in 1983,[2] and died on December 27, 2014, near Inverness, Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Beaudry, Louise (4 September 2007), "Jacques Hurtubise", The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada, retrieved 1 March 2015
- ^ a b c d e f MacDonald, Michael (1 January 2015), "Award winner Jacques Hurtubise had great influence on abstract painting", The Globe and Mail.
- ^ a b Segal, Molly (30 December 2014), "Painter Jacques Hurtubise remembered as inspiration: Hurtubise, known for his abstract acrylic paintings, died Saturday", CBC News.
- ^ "Prizes". Canada Council. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
Further reading
edit- Graham, Mayo, ed. (1998), Jacques Hurtubise: four decades, image after image, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, ISBN 9782891922234
- Fillmore, Sarah, ed. (2011), Jacques Hurtubise, Goose Lane Editions and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, ISBN 9780864926623