Claude Picher (1927-1998)
"Soleil sur l'automne" 1989
Oil on canvas | 24" x 36"
Claude Picher (1927-1998), "Vol d'outardes au Cap Tourmente", 1981
Oil on canvas | 24" x 36"
Claude Picher (1927-1998), "Gaspésie Fleuve et Glace", Circa 1972
Oil on canvas | 24" x 36"
Claude Picher (1927-1998)
"Vieille maison, Isle d'Orléans" 1980
Oil on canvas | 10" x 12"
Claude Picher (1927-1998), "La montagne derrière le bois, Ste-Paula Gaspésie", Circa 1980 SOLD
Oil on canvas | 10" x 12"
Claude Picher (1927-1998), "Lune d’hiver", 1981 SOLD
Oil on canvas | 16" x 20"
Claude Picher, "Paysage", 1968 SOLD
Oil on canvas | 18" x 24"
Claude Picher (1927-1998) "Paysage d'Octobre", 1979 SOLD
Oil on canvas | 12" x 16"
Claude Picher (1927-1998), "Moose with Moon" SOLD
Huile sur toile | 24" x 36"
Claude Picher (1927-1998) was born in Québec city. After studying at the École des beaux-arts, he enrolled at the New School of Social Research in New York. After receiving a grant from the French Government, he stayed in Paris for two years (1948-1949) and attended the École du Louvre and the École Nationale supérieure des beaux-arts.
He was successively Exhibition Director at the Musée du Québec (1950-1958); representative at the National Gallery of Canada for the Eastern Region (1958-1962), and assistant director at the Musée du Québec (1963-1964). In 1973 he represented Canada at the 5th Biennal of Canadian painting at the Commonwealth Institute, in London, England. In 1979, he exhibited in the same city with the Elisabeth T. Greenshield Collection. Four other group exhibitions were held in London (England), Paris, Madrid, and Düsseldorf (Germany), with the O.J. Firestone Collection.
Honors: 1st prize, drawing and painting (1941-1946) at the Exposition Provinciale de Québec; 1st prize, Salon du Printemps, Montréal Museum of Fine arts (1956); 1st Canadian artist to receive a grant from the Salvador Dali Foundation of the Bryn Mawr University in Pensylvania (1958). In 1960, he became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and an associate member in 1973; and represented Canada at the 2nd Biennale Internationale in Paris (1962).