Louise Robert

Canadian painter (born 1941)

Louise Robert

Born|  (1941-12-13) December 13, 1941 (age 82)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Known for| Painter

Louise Robert (born 1941)[1] is a Canadian painter who uses writing in her work.

## Life and work

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Louise Robert was born in Montreal, Quebec.[1] She is a pharmacist by training[2] and a self-taught artist who paints by delving into the paint of her canvas.[3] Robert incorporates writing into many of her works, a process she continues to explore.[3] Critics say her work shows the influence of surrealistic automatic writing.[4]

Robert had her first solo exhibition in Montreal in 1969.[5] She has been widely exhibited in Canada and internationally since the 1970s. In 1983–1984, her work was shown in a solo show at the Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris and at the Centre Culturel Canadien, Bruxelles. In 2020, her exhibition titled Louise Robert: Painting and Poetry was held at the Musée d'art de Joliette.[3] Her work is included in many group shows and private and public collections, including those of the National Gallery of Canada,[6] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul and the Musée d'art de Joliette.[2]

She lives and works in Montreal.[1]

## Notable collections

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* Nº 78-45, 1981, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[7]

## Further reading

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* Daigneault, Gilles. Louise Robert. Into the Words. Joliette: Musée d’art de Joliette (2003). ISBN 2-921801-23-X

## References

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1. ^ a b c "ROBERT, Louise - Le Delarge -Le dictionnaire des arts plastiques modernes et contemporains". Le Delarge (in French). Retrieved 11 December 2018.
2. ^ a b "Compter le temps de Louise Robert à l'Espace musée Québecor". www.quebecor.com. Quebecor, 2019. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
3. ^ a b c "Louise Robert: Painting and Poetry". www.museejoliette.org. Musée d'art de Joliette. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
4. ^ A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
5. ^ Loren Ruth Lerner; Mary F. Williamson (1991). Art Et Architecture Au Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 92\. ISBN 978-0-8020-5856-0.
6. ^ "Louise Robert". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
7. ^ "Nº 78-45" (PDF). Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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