Francesco Iacurto was born on September 1st in 1908, Montréal. From 1922 to 1929, he studied at Monument national des arts et métier, then École des beaux-arts in Montréal (magna cum laude diploma). 1928 : Académie Colarossi and Académie Grande-Chaumière, Paris.

In 1929, he began painting, and teaching art for the next 28 years. He taught at the École des arts et métier at the Montréal School Board and Ville Sainte-Foy. He has exhibited portraits and landscapes at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts and importants galleries in Québec , Canada and abroad. He has painted in France , England and Italy notably in the Vatican gardens. Retrospective of his work: Université Laval (1988) and Villa Bagatelle, Sillery (1991). He participated in Toronto and Montréal at the 1st exhibition of the Québec members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1991), of which he is a member since 1946.

He received… Honourable mention, Lord Wellington contest in Ottawa (1927); grants from the Québec government (1928, 1929); silver medal, French Consul General (1928); 1990: became Knight of the Merit Order of the Italian Republic . 1991: Chevalier, Ordre National du Québec. 1992: Order of Canada .

Francesco Iacurto’s work can be found in private and public collections around the world, the Musée National Des Beaux Arts, the National Gallery of Canada, The senate in Ottawa, Québec parliament, City of Québec, etc.

He died in Sainte-Foy at the age of 93 years old in 2001.

Dictionnaire des artistes de l’objet d’art au Québec. (Https://artistesduquebec.ca/)
Iacurto, Francesco (1908–2001)
Associations
AABAM (1938)
APDBAM (1928)
CPQ
DBA
MAC/CAM (1945)
RCA/ARC (1945)
SAPQ (1945)
Techniques
Dessin

Crayon ou plume
Encre
Fusain
Pastel sec
Sanguine
Peinture

Acrylique
Huile
Apprentissage et enseignement
Formation académique
Atelier Colarossi, Paris, France
Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France
1929 - École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal DIP
1922-1923 - École des Arts et Métiers (Monument National)
a étudié avec
Edmond Dyonnet
Enseignement
École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal 1929 diplome enseignement
Expositions
Groupe
1989 - Hommage à l’École des Beaux-arts de Montréal 1923-1969, Galerie de l'UQAM, Montréal, QC
1972 - Studio des Artistes canadiens, St-Hyacinthe, QC
1963 - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
1953 - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, QC
1952 - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, QC
1950 - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, QC
1950 - Independant Art Association, Windsor Hotel, Montréal, QC
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Solo
1979 - Galerie De Kerdour, Montréal, QC
1978 - Galerie Clarence Gagnon, Montréal, QC
1967 - Centre culturel, Verdun, QC
1960 - Palais Montcalm, Québec, QC
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Musées et collections
Banque canadienne impériale de Commerce
Banque de Montréal
La Galerie Nationale du Canada
L'Ambassade canadienne
Musée du Québec
Musée Laurier
Distinctions et prix
1926 - Prix du Ministre de la province de Québec, médaille d'argent
1928 - Première médaille, composition décorative, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, QC
1928 - Première médaille de bronze, cours supérieur de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montréal
1928 - Médaille d 'argent, Consul Général de France
1928 - Premier prix pour modelage, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, QC
Bourses

1928-1929 - Province de Québec, bourse de voyage à Paris
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Bibliographie
Guides et dictionnaires
Bernier, La peinture depuis 1960 p. 283, 284 à 286 et 298
Bruens, 30 peintres p. 87 à 90
Bruens, Investir 2 p. 101
Bruens, Investir 3 p. 240
Bruens, Les dessus, les dessous p. 59
Comeau p. 134
De Roussan 1995
Guide Vallée 1983 p. 94
Guide Vallée 1989 p. 356
Guide Vallée 1993 p. 613
Magazin’art 1996-1997 p. 15
Magazin’art 1998-1999 p. 63
Magazin’art 2000-2001 p. 73
Magazin’art 2002-2003 p. 5
Magazin’art 2004-2005 p. 5
Trépanier, Jean, Cent peintres du Québec, 1980 p.99-101
Monographies
Boulizon, Paysage... p. 136, 161, 201 et 211
de Roussan, Le NU… p. 96
de Roussan, Québec en peinture p. 23
Lesage, Jules S., MÉLANGES, notes artistiques et propos littéraires, Québec, 1946, p. 85-87 (BANQ, consulté le 28 octobre)
Québec, Plein la vue, p. 250
Robert, L’art actuel p. 128
Robert, L’art depuis 1940
Robert, La peinture au Québec p. 37, 122, 123, 167, 194 et 208

Chateau Frontenac

The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, formerly and commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac, is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The hotel is situated in Old Quebec, within the historic district's Upper Town. The Chateau Frontenac was designed by Bruce Price, and was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway company. The hotel is presently managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.

Opened in 1893, the Châteauesque-styled building is 79.9-metre-tall (262 ft), containing 18 floors. The building's height is furthered, as it is situated at an elevation of 54 m (177 ft). It is one of the first completed grand railway hotels. The hotel was expanded on three occasions, with the last major expansion taking place in 1993. The building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981.