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Born in Québec City in 1906, Alfred Pellan received a scholarship in 1926 to continue his training at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. He also worked as a graphic artist and designed fabrics for Schiaparelli. His first solo exhibition took place at the Académie Ranson in 1935. Returning to Canada at the beginning of the Second World War, he settled in Montréal and taught at the École des beaux-arts from 1943 to 1952. Alongside painting and drawing, he illustrated books and designed stage sets and costumes. He joined the group Prisme d’Yeux. Another scholarship enabled a stay in Paris from 1952 to 1955. He then returned to Montréal, continuing a body of work shaped by Cubism and Surrealism.
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
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Oil on wood
Nature morte aux poissons, 1931
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2020-09-23
Published result : 2674 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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