Born in 1920 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Nérée De Grâce opened a graphic arts and advertising studio in 1949 after graduating in decorative and advertising arts from the École des beaux-arts de Québec (1948). From 1970, he devoted most of his free time to painting. In 1977, De Grâce became a full-time painter and created his own pictorial universe, in a very decorative style greatly influenced by certain works by Marc Chagall (Belarusian painter of Jewish origin, 1887-1985). Nérée De Grâce owes its popularity to Acadian singer Édith Butler, who contributed greatly to publicizing her artistic production from 1979 onwards. In addition, writer Antonine Maillet has selected a few canvases to illustrate her plays and novels. Canada Post has also chosen a work by Nérée De Grâce to illustrate the stamp commemorating the centenary of the first Acadian Convention, held in Memramcook in 1881. A book entitled: “Nérée De Grâce”, text by Pierre H. Savignac, preface by Guy Robert and photographs by Michel Julien, was published in 1987 by Éditions Marcel Broquet, LaPrairie, Quebec. Recipient of the Acadian Meritas Award from La Fédération acadienne du Québec inc. in March 1998. He received an Honorary Doctorate in visual arts from the University of Moncton (Shippagan University Center) during the graduation ceremony in May 1987. Nérée De Grâce died on January 12, 2002 at the age of 81 years old. He had lived in Quebec for several years.

Nérée De Grâce, Quelque part dans la Baie des Chaleurs, 1985,
couverture face du livre suivant dans la "Collection Signatures":

De Grâce, Nérée, 1920-2002, (Magazin'art Biennial Guide 98-99; Roussan 98; Vallée 89;
------Vallée 93; Bruens 91; Naïfs; Robert 83; Bruens 88; Magazin'art Biennial
------Guide 2002-2003; Monde des enfants; Sales Index 1989-90; Dictionary of Canadian Artists,
------  vol. 1, pp. 601a-602a; Marché de la peinture au Québec 1991/1992)

Bibliographie
(fr) Pierre H. Savignac, Nérée DeGrâce, Éditions Broquet, 1987.
(fr) Biographie par la Galerie Michel-Ange, Montréal [archive]
Liens externes
Notices d'autorité : Fichier d’autorité international virtuelInternational Standard Name IdentifierSystème universitaire de documentationBibliothèque du CongrèsWorldCat IdWorldCat
(fr) Galerie d'art de l'Université de Moncton - Nérée De Grâce [archive]

Bibliography
(fr) Pierre H. Savignac, Nérée DeGr Grâce, Éditions Broquet, 1987.
(fr) Biography by Galerie Michel-Ange, Montreal [archive]
external links
Authority Records: Virtual International Authority File International Standard Name Identifier University Documentation System Library of Congress WorldCat IdWorldCat
(fr) Art Gallery of the Université de Moncton - Nérée De Grâce [archive]

Dictionnaire des artistes de l’objet d’art au Québec. (Https://artistesduquebec.ca/)
De Grâce, Nérée (1920–2002)
Formation académique
École des Beaux-Arts de Québec DIP (1948)
Guides et dictionnaires
Bruens, 106 professionnels p. 110
Bruens, Investir 3 p. 177
De Roussan 1990
De Roussan 1993-94
De Roussan 1995
De Roussan 1998 p. 71
De Roussan 1999 p. 72
Guide Vallée 1989 p. 182
Guide Vallée 1993 p. 376
Magazin’art 1998-1999 p. 84
Magazin’art 2002-2003 p. 248
Magazin’art 2004-2005 p. 297
Magazin’art 2015-2016 p. 111
Monographies
Boulizon, Naïfs... p. 77
Robert, L’art actuel p. 74