Lise Gervais
Lise Gervais
1933 - 1998
QMG
Lise Gervais was born in St. Césaire, Rouville, Quebec in 1933. She was studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1953 to 1954, where she counted among her teachers Jacques de Tonnancour, Stanley Cosgrove and Louis Archambault. She traveled to Spain in 1958 and became especially interested in the work of Francisco Goya. She participated in group shows in her home province upon her return, and in 1961 had her first solo show at the Galerie Denyse Delrue in Montreal. She would go on to show with Gallery Moos in 1962. Gervais returned to teach at the École des beaux-arts and would also teach at Concordia University and L’Université de Québec in Montreal.
Gervais was training during the time that the Automatists wrote their famous manifesto, but while she was steeped in their ideas and approach to art, she was not a signatory. She was interested in the possibilities inherit in paint, and used the palette knife to apply broad swathes of colour to her canvases. Choosing pure, brilliant colours, she allowed very little blending to occur in her work, thus her colours are incredibly pure and rich. She also worked in pencil and other media. She was inextricably linked to the Automatists in her approach and ideals, so much so that Jean-Paul Riopelle collected her work.
Gervais’s work can be found in the collection of the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, the National Gallery of Canada, the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo, New York, the Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown and Hart House at the University of Toronto, as well as the galleries of Concordia, Queens, Montreal and York Universities. Her work is also found in many prestigious private collections, including that of Charles and Helen Band, and the Samuel Bronfman Collection.
Gervais was a member of the Quebec Modern Group and served as president of the Conseil des Artistes-Peintres du Québec in 1983 and 1984. She was the winner of many awards, including first prize in drawing and sculpture in 1953 at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, first prize at the 1961 Spring Show of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and in the same year, the Jessie Dow Prize. She died in 1998 at the age of 65.
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Les travaux et les jours by Lise Gervais sold for $47,200
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Les travaux et les jours
77 1/4 x 13 3/4 in, 196.2 x 34.9 cm
circa 1960
oil on canvas
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CDN
Sold for: $47,200 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2014 - 1st Session on Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Indian Summer by Lise Gervais sold for $46,800
Lise Gervais
Indian Summer
48 x 60 in, 121.9 x 152.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CDN
Sold for: $46,800 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2013 - 1st Session on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Un empire de sources diaprées by Lise Gervais sold for $44,250
Lise Gervais
Un empire de sources diaprées
60 x 72 in, 152.4 x 182.9 cm
1972
oil on linen
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CDN
Sold for: $44,250 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2016 - 1st Session on Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Les jeux solaires by Lise Gervais sold for $43,250
Lise Gervais
Les jeux solaires
40 x 40 1/4 in, 101.6 x 102.2 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CDN
Sold for: $43,250 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2017 - 1st Session on Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Un éclair a jailli by Lise Gervais sold for $38,350
Lise Gervais
Un éclair a jailli
22 x 22 in, 55.9 x 55.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000 CDN
Sold for: $38,350 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2015 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 26, 2015
Les sentinelles by Lise Gervais sold for $38,025
Lise Gervais
Les sentinelles
48 1/4 x 60 1/4 in, 122.5 x 153 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CDN
Sold for: $38,025 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2011 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 24, 2011
De la révolte de la couleur by Lise Gervais sold for $34,250
Lise Gervais
De la révolte de la couleur
60 x 72 in, 152.4 x 182.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $30,000 - $35,000 CDN
Sold for: $34,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, May 30, 2024
Sans titre by Lise Gervais sold for $32,450
Lise Gervais
Sans titre
41 1/8 x 41 1/8 in, 104.4 x 104.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 CDN
Sold for: $32,450 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2014 - 1st Session on Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Le vol d'Icare by Lise Gervais sold for $31,250
Lise Gervais
Le vol d'Icare
48 x 60 in, 121.9 x 152.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CDN
Sold for: $31,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Le mur du son by Lise Gervais sold for $29,500
Lise Gervais
Le mur du son
36 1/4 x 36 1/4 in, 92.1 x 92.1 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $18,000 - $22,000 CDN
Sold for: $29,500 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2014 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 27, 2014