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Generations of weavers succeeded one another in the Brisson families of Bellechasse. Marie-Éva Lemieux and her husband, Thomas Brisson, are shown here in their studio in 1980.Jean-François Blanchette
CMCC S84-7322
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Throughout the twentieth century, the Lemieux and Brisson families created a wide variety of textiles: hooked rugs, lengths of cloth, blankets, bedspreads, etc. Other examples of their work can be found on this website.Marie-Louise Deruaz
CMCC IMG2008-0080-0138-Dm
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"Black" (Philippe Blaquière, born in 1876)
Jean-Julien Bourgault (1910–1996)
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Chaudière-Appalaches
1950
Wood
Gift of Georges-Henri Dubé
CMCC 2006-67
After leaving his native Acadia, Black, a railway tramp, lived at Ste-Flavie. This is where carver Jean-Julien Bourgault used him as a subject, following a request from G.-H. Dubé.Patricia Davis-Perkins
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The artist at work.Monterey Everett
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The subject and the completed work.Roland Gagnon
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Nativity scenes at Rivière-Éternité in December 2006
Each year, at the end of November, the inhabitants of this picturesque Saguenay village create ingenious nativity scenes, which they set up in front of their homes.Jean-François Blanchette
CMCC Archives
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Nativity scenes at Rivière-Éternité in December 2006
Each year, at the end of November, the inhabitants of this picturesque Saguenay village create ingenious nativity scenes, which they set up in front of their homes.Jean-François Blanchette
CMCC Archives
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Nativity scenes at Rivière-Éternité in December 2006
Each year, at the end of November, the inhabitants of this picturesque Saguenay village create ingenious nativity scenes, which they set up in front of their homes.Jean-François Blanchette
CMCC Archives
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Nativity scenes at Rivière-Éternité in December 2006
Each year, at the end of November, the inhabitants of this picturesque Saguenay village create ingenious nativity scenes, which they set up in front of their homes.Jean-François Blanchette
CMCC Archives
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Numerous cast-iron objects were reproduced in foundries such as this, which Marius Barbeau photographed at Baie-Saint-Paul. Sometimes original works were also created here.Mylène Choquette
CMCC 80930
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Funerary Cross
Cast in Baie-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix
1906
Cast iron
CMCC A-121
The inscription reads: À la mémoire de William Bouchard, décédé le 9 septembre 1906 à 4 mois. (In memory of William Bouchard, who died on September 9, 1906 at the age of four months.)Marie-Louise Deruaz
CMCC IMG2008-0080-0068-Dm
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Oliva Larente created hooked rugs all her life. When asked if she made ever made sketches before starting a rug, she replied, "I've been building fences around my homes my entire life — I already know how it all looks!"Jean-François Blanchette, 1980.
CMCC S84-7359
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Nelphas Prévost enjoyed carving violins in the lumber camps where he worked. His tools were fairly basic: pocket knives, a hatchet, files and other sharp instruments. Here, he demonstrates his technique in his home village of Fasset, in 1981.Jean-François Blanchette
CMCC S85-893
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Nelphas Prévost carving out the inside of one of his violins.Jean-François Blanchette
CMCC S85-964
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Nelphas Prévost adding a final coat of varnish to one of his violins.Jean-François Blanchette
CMCC S85-1052
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