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The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is funded by the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec.

  
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Selected works from 1900 to 2000

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté
Arthabaska (Québec, Canada) 1869 – Daytona Beach (United States) 1937
Training
  • Studied at the Collège commercial des Frères du Sacré-Cœur in Arthabaska. Already excelled at drawing.
  • Was apprenticed to painter-decorator Joseph-Thomas Rousseau between 1886 and 1891.
  • Was trained in France from 1891 to 1894 and 1897 to 1907.
Artistic production
  • Assimilated the artistic trends in style in Paris: Academic Art, Naturalism, Impressionism and Symbolism.
  • His production was twofold: works depicting traditional scenes and works which, formally speaking, paved the way for modernity in Québec.
  • Used various techniques (painting, pastel, sculpture) in portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, still-lifes and historical paintings.
  • Enjoyed Canada-wide success in his lifetime.
Of note
  • Was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition universelle de Paris in 1900.
  • Commissions and exhibitions were plentiful when he returned to Québec in 1907. The artist earned growing renown.
Highlight
  • Paralyzed following a stroke in 1927, he had to stop his artistic production.
Features
  • Many well-known visitors came to his Arthabaska studio, including Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada.
  • Had a lovely baritone singing voice.
  • Led a nomadic existence. Travelled in keeping with commissions and people he met.
  • While convalescing in Florida, fell in love with his nursing assistant and married her in 1933.