Marc-Aurèle Fortin

Marc-Aurèle Fortin
Born	14 March 1888(1888-03-14) Sainte-Rose, Quebec
Died	2 March 1970(1970-03-02) (aged 81) Macamic, Quebec

Marc-Aurèle Fortin (March 14, 1888 – March 2, 1970) was a Québécois painter.

His works are displayed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal. The electoral district Marc-Aurèle-Fortin is named in his honour, and he was designated a National Historic Person by the federal environment minister, on advice of the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board.^[1]

Exhibitions

• "Dimanche à l'Ile Sainte-Hélène", Musée du Québec, exhibition not dated.
• "Collections d'Artistes", Place des Arts, Montreal, 1979;
• "Esthétiques modernes", National Gallery of Canada, 1982, cat. no. 12, box no. 1;
• Musée Marc-Aurèle, Exhibition 24-01-84 to 24-04-84, P-20;
• Marc-Aurèle Fortin Retrospective Exhibition, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, September 2006, no. 13.
• Marc-Aurèle Fortin, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, July 2011

Reference

1. ^ Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, new designations, March 21, 2011

External links

• Marc-Aurèle Fortin at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal

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Name	Fortin, Marc-Aurele
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Date of birth	14 March 1888
Place of birth	Sainte-Rose, Quebec
Date of death	2 March 1970
Place of death	Macamic, Quebec