Biography

Jean-Paul Legaré is a descendant of the illustrious Canadian painter, Joseph Legaré (1795-1855) who was referred to as the "father of Fine-Arts in Canada".

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

• 1923 - Born in Rimouski
• 1940-50 - Beginning of painting career-watercolours, gouache, oil, acrylic
• 1981 - Course with Nicolas Khvalinsky

ASSOCIATIONS

• 1946 – Sets up "Les Compagnons de l'Art" in Rimouski
• 1983... - "La Société artistique de Sainte-Foy"

LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS

• Series of 12 landscapes, 400 prints each, 15" x 19"
• "L'automne à Stoneham", Québec", 200 prints 16" x 20"
• "L'espoir en l'avenir", for Agropur, 250 prints 11" x 15"
• "Sérénité", l'Assurance-Vie Desjardins, cards and lithographic prints

COLLECTIONS

• Mouvement des Caisses populaires du Québec
• Ville de Rimouski
• SSQ: Mutuelle d'assurance-groupe
• Nordair Métro-Québécair
• Agropur, coopérative agro-alimentaire de Granby
• Grand Canyon, des Chutes Ste-Anne
• Manoir Charlevoix, La Malbaie
• Bell Canada
  

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Guide Vallée (paintings-art market) (1) 1983, (2) 1989, (3) 1993, (4)
• Investing in Art, N° 3, Louis Bruens
• Front covers : "Le maître imprimeur", "Le coopérateur agricole"
• Front cover: "La dimension spirituelle de notre projet de société", livre de Marcel Laflamme
• Front cover of the 50th anniversary book of Agropur (1988)
• Art calendars, 1992, 1993 and 1994 (12 prints), 150 000 run and 1998 and 2007

LANDSCAPE ARTIST

Being a very colourful painter, he constantly approaches our landscapes with a different view rendering them with a pictorial expression and with very intimate light effects hence the reference of "painter of lights". He is fond of mountains and their reflections on the water. Paints mostly autumn scenes.

ARTIST'S APPRECIATIONS

"Like a jazz tune on a summer afternoon, Jean-Paul Legare's canvasses smell of light".
Christiane Lussier, L'Auberge/L'Envol, March 1983

"Simple and warm, these two words describe both the work of art and the artist. Light and movement are the main elements which he tries to integrate in all his paintings".
Serge Geoffrion, Peuple-Tribune, August 1982

"His paintings allow us to admire his talent, the beauty of his landscapes and the harmony of his colours".
Monique Duval, Le Soleil, November 1984