Claude A Simard

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Name Claude Simard		Education OCAD University


Died September 15, 2014, Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, Canada Artwork Sunny Winter Day, Patineurs En Janvier, Paris Tuilleries

Claude Alphonse Simard (July 9, 1943 – September 15, 2014) was a Canadian painter born in Quebec City.

Simard's works depicted garden scenes, landscapes, still lifes and the human figure in a bright and boldly colored manner.

Biography

Graduated Ontario College of Art and Design 1966

Apprenticeship British Motor Corporation, England, 1965

Founding member of Quebec Graphic Designers Society and author of Society’s Code of Ethics

Head of Design (Image and Store Design) La Maison Simons stores 1966-1973

President Communikart Design Group 1973-1984

Professor, University of Laval, 1984–2001

Paintings on permanent exhibition in galleries across Canada.

Over 60 silk screen prints editioned since 1975

Card editions by Unicef, Hallmark, L’Imagerie, and Cartes Pôle Nord.

Seven postage stamps for Canada Post.

Major mural commissions for Parks Canada, Esso, City of Sainte-Foy

Artist Garden (Jardin Bon Accueil) subject of several major articles and TV shows

35 solo exhibits since 1974, of which:

Paris Show at L’Orangerie de Bagatelle 1991

Montreal, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011

Calgary, Masters Gallery, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013

Toronto, Roberts Gallery, 1998, 2014

Québec City, Galerie Perreault, 2011

« Claude A. Simard » written by André Juneau, Presses de L’U.L., 1991, 103p.

« Jardins Passions » written by Claude A. Simard, 1999, 111p.

« Inspiration » written by Claude A. Simard, 2011, 127p.

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