- October 21, 2015
Université de Saint-Boniface and the University of Manitoba Press invites you to celebrate the English edition of Louise Duguay’s study of Pauline Boutal.
When: Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 pm
Where: Université de Saint-Boniface (200, avenue de la Cathédrale )
Cost: FREE
Special guests include Patricia Bovey & Christian Perron. Light refreshments provided.
About the Book
In the first part of the twentieth century few women in western Canada had careers as artists—Pauline Boutal had three: 23 years as a fashion illustrator for the Eaton’s catalogue for the graphic design company, Brigden’s of Winnipeg, 27 years as the Artistic Director at the Cercle Molière Theatre and 70 years as a visual artist. Born in Brittany in 1894, Boutal painted in a traditional style and trained at the Winnipeg School of Art, the Cape Cod School of Art, and at l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, France. She left an important legacy of portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and illustrations as well as theatre sets and costume designs. This English translation of Louise Duguay’s award-winning Pauline Boutal: Destin d’artiste 1894–1992 shares the story of an important artist who lived an exceptional life.
Today a great number of Boutal’s works can be found in major private and corporate collections across Canada. For her contribution to the French culture and theatre in Canada, Boutal was awarded numerous prestigious prizes, including the Order of Canada. In addition to thousands of sketches, illustrations, and paintings, Boutal also left a rich legacy of letters, speeches and interviews at the Centre du Patrimoine Canadien. Drawing on these sources, Louise Duguay has created a work that honours the best of biography and autobiography.
About the Speakers
Born in St. Boniface, Louise Duguay holds a BEd and MA from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in fashion design from Sheridan College. She teaches in the Multimedia Communications program at the University of St. Boniface. Louise sits on the board of directors of both MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art) and the Winnipeg Arts Council, where she is a member of the Public Art Committee. She is a lifetime member of La Maison des artistes visuels francophones and of La Société historique de Saint-Boniface.
Director Emerita of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Patricia Bovey is a Winnipeg-based art historian and consultant, Director/Curator of the Buhler Gallery at St. Boniface Hospital, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Winnipeg. She has published widely on western Canadian art, including Pat Martin Bates: Balancing on a Thread, and is currently writing Impacts & Turning Points: the Western Voice in Canadian Art.
