Louis Muhlstock, was a Canadian painter best known for his depictions of the Great Depression.
Born in Narajow, Poland, he emigrated to Montreal in 1911. From 1928 to 1931, he studied art in Paris and returned to Montreal to become a full-time painter.
In 1990, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1998, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
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With an acute eye for character and a profound humanity, Montreal draughtsman and painter Louis Muhlstock created a portrait of the Depression in gentle, intimate drawings of marginalized people. His paintings of deserted streets and houses, done before and after the Second World War, are spare images that convey silence and memory.
Beginning in 1918, he took art classes at night, first at the Monument National, then at the Art Association of Montreal and École des Beaux-Arts. Among his teachers were Maurice Cullen and Edmond Dyonnet. He exhibited in 1925 at the Royal Canadian Academy. From 1928 to 1931, Muhlstock studied in Paris under the figure painter Louis Biloul, also sketching at the Grande Chaumière and exhibiting his work at the Paris salons. He spent summers sketching in the provinces or visiting museums in Belgium.
Muhlstock was a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Artists, Canadian Group of Painters, Contemporary Arts Society, Federation of Canadian Artists and Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. He held an honorary doctorate from Concordia University (1978) and was an Officer of the Order of Canada (1991) and Chevalier de l’ordre du Québec (1998).
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BOOK REFERENCES
Year
Author
Title
Subtitle
2005
Davenport, Ray
Davenport's Art Reference:
The Gold Edition
2005
AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook
34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
1988
McMann, Evelyn de R.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970
- National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, QC)
- Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (Quebec City, QC)
- Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal (Montreal, QC)
- Musée d’Art de Joliette (Joliette, QC)
- Musée Laurier (Victoriaville, QC)
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, QC)
- Canadian War Museum (Ottawa, ON)
- Israel National Museum (Jerusalem, Israel)
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Victoria, BC)
- Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, ON)
- Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, BC)
- Edmonton Art Gallery (Edmonton, AB)
- The Winnipeg Art Gallery (Winnipeg, MN)
- Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton, NB)
- The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, ON)
- Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon, SK)
- Museum London (London, ON)
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Kingston, ON)
- Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa, ON)
- Department of External Affairs (Ottawa, ON)
- McGill University (Montreal, QC)
- Concordia University (Montreal, QC)
- University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
- Université du Québec à Montréal (Montreal, QC)
- La Pulperie de Chicoutimi (Chicoutimi, QC)
- Power Corporation of Canada (Montreal, QC)
Affiliations:
- Canadian Society of Graphic Arts (1937)
- Canadian Group of Painters (1938)
- Contemporary Art Society (1939)
- Federation of Canadian Artists (1941)
- Canadian Society of painters in Watercolour
- Order of Canada (1991)
- Ordre du Québec (1998)
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Louis Muhlstock OC, CQ (1904 – 2001)
