Marc-Aurèle Fortin was born in 1888 in Ste-Rose, Quebec. He studied art in Montreal, working at the Montreal Post Office and at an Edmonton bank. He studied art abroad, and was known for painting watercolour landscapes of the St. Lawrence Valley. He travelled around the St. Lawrence Valley by bicycle. Fortin believed that "Canadian artists should take their inspiration from the countryside and progress towards a national art... We should excel in landscapes, exactly as the French do".

He was part of the first Atelier exhibition at Henry Morgan Galleries in April 1932 together with Atelier founder John Goodwin Lyman, André Biéler, and Edwin Holgate. Fortin was exhibited by Galerie L'Art français from the 1940s.

His works are displayed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts He died in 1970.

On 22 May 1981 Canada Post issued 'Marc-Aurèle Fortin' designed by Pierre Fontaine in the Canadian Art series. The stamps are based on a painting "À la Baie Saint-Paul" (1937), by Marc-Aurèle Fortin in the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, Quebec. The 17¢ stamps are perforated 12.5 and were printed by Ashton-Potter Limited.

The electoral district Marc-Aurèle-Fortin is named in his honour. He was designated a National Historic Person by the federal environment minister, on advice of the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board.

•           "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, Samir Sammoun, October 2003-January 2004

•           Marc-Aurèle Fortin Retrospective Exhibition, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, September 2006, no. 13.

•           Marc-Aurèle Fortin, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, July 2011

Dictionnaire des artistes de l’objet d’art au Québec. (Https://artistesduquebec.ca/)
Fortin, Marc-Aurèle (1888–1970)
ARC/RCA (1942)
Formation académique:
Art Institute, Chicago, IL
1904-1908 - Art Association of Montreal
a étudié avec
Ludger Larose
Sir William Brymner
Edmond Dyonnet
Groupe:
1966 - Artistes de 1906-1936. 60e anniversaire de Morency Frères, Montréal, QC du 25 janvier au 25 février 1966
1939 - Portraits by Lilias T. Newton, Art Association of Montreal du 27 octobre au 12 novembre 1939
Posthume:
1976 - Trois générations d'art québécois 1940 1950 1960, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC
1972 - Studio des Artistes canadiens, St-Hyacinthe, QC
Solo:
1964 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, QC du 22 mai au 14 juin 1964
1933 - Exhibition of paintings and etchings by Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Art Association of Montreal du 21 décembre au 16 janvier 1933
Musées et collections
Musée Laurier
Guides et dictionnaires:
Bernier, La peinture depuis 1960 p. 288, 293, 307 et 310
Bernier, Un siècle de peinture p. 76, 77, 82, 84, 90, 94, 96, 113, 115, 118, 141, 145, 156 et 268
Bruens, Investir 2 p. 84 et 90
Bruens, Investir 3 p. 202
Bruens, Les dessus, les dessous p. 54, 56, 72
Catalogues:
Exposition rétrospective, 1952 p. 98
L’art du paysage… p. 21, 134 à 141
La collection des dessins… p. 14. 16, 23, 29, 107, 108, 113 et 125
Ostiguy, Les esthétiques… p. 7, 36, 37, 38, 39, 54, 55, 62
Trois générations d'art québécois 1940 1950 1960 p. 25, 89, 90 et 127
Monographies:
Boulizon, Paysage... p. 17, 18, 28, 29, 30, 42, 44, 46, 52, 74, 83, 84, 87, 136, 150, 161, 171 et 191
Chauvin, Ateliers, p. 146-159
de Roussan, Laval en peinture p. 18
Lemieux, Regards sur l'art québécois p 22 à 24
Lesage, Jules S., MÉLANGES, notes artistiques et propos littéraires, Québec, 1946, p. 98 (BANQ, consulté le 29 octobre)
Prakash, L’art canadien p. 166 et 170
Robert, L’art depuis 1940
Robert, La peinture au Québec p. 11, 23, 63, 65, 68, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 116, 167, 180 et 206
Robert, Le pluralisme… p. 11
Revues et articles de journaux:
"Art Association Opens 57th Spring Exhibit. Notable Feature of Display Is Unusually Large Proportion Of Portraits or Portrait Studies." Montreal Star mars 21, 1940. p.19 (Université Concordia, consulté le 12 novembre 2023)

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