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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Exhibitions
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Espace Pellan Permanent exhibition
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| View from the exhibition Le Mini-bestiaire from Alfred Pellan, with three of his works: Mini-bestiaire no 26, circa 1971 (2004.613), Mini-bestiaire no 22, circa1971 (2004.609) and Mini-bestiaire no 40, circa 1971 (2004.627). © Estate of Alfred pellan / SODRAC (2006). |
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Alfred Pellan played a central role in Québec art history. Born in Québec City in 1906, he enrolled in the École des beaux-arts de Québec in 1921. His talent earned him a scholarship to study in France. He lived in Paris until 1940, studied at the École supérieure nationale des beaux-arts and frequented famous artists like Fernand Léger, Juan Miró and Pablo Picasso. On returning, he presented an exhibition, in Québec City and Montréal that shook the Québec art world. In 1948, along with other artists, he signed the Prisme d’Yeux manifesto, which proclaimed complete artistic freedom.
Pellan brilliantly developed a very personal style. His work was shown in major exhibitions in Canada and abroad. He passed away in 1988, at age 82.
Innovative and imaginative, Pellan created strange, fanciful creatures in the 1970s. Made from pebbles and flat stones that he collected on the beaches of the Gaspé peninsula, these tiny multicoloured beasts fascinate our younger visitors.
The Musée presents some forty works from this minute menagerie in a space for playing and learning set up in the vaults of the former Québec City prison. Children will be delighted to discover this imaginary world inhabited by a multitude of bizarre but friendly creatures.
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