
Yvon Breton
Biography
Yvon Breton (1942-)
Yvon Breton was born in 1942 in Johnville, Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec. He enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montreal in 1962. In 1967, he won the prestigious Prince Fine Arts Award at the Canadian National Exhibition, and in 1988, he became the first Quebec artist to be awarded the Prix René d'Anjou from the French government.
Breton considers his work a visual poetry, animated by the breath of nature. He works primarily in oil, using a palette knife to explore texture, shape, and movement.
Sources: State of the Art Gallery http://stateoftheartgallery.ca/breton.html, Chase Art Gallery https://chaseartgallery.com/collections/breton-yvon
See also: "Yvon Breton: Poet of Shapes and Colours," Dominic Villeneuve, MagazinArt, Fall 2010. http://stateoftheartgallery.ca/images/MA_breton.pdfAwards
HONOURS / AWARDS
1988 Prix René d'Anjou, ville de Lorraine, Quebec, Canada
1st Prize, open category, Ass. Culturelle Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec, Canada
1967 Winner of the Price Fine Art Award
EDUCATION
1961-62 École des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Quebec (Graphisme)
1959-60 École des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Quebec (Formation en arts)Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (partial list)
2011 Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada (duo with Alex Fong)
2005-1998 Galerie Les Peintres Québécois, Quebec, Canada
2005-2000 Galerie Québec-Art, Quebec, Canada
1998 Galerie Michel-Ange, Montreal, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (partial list)
2016 Chase Art Gallery, Beaconsfield, Canada
2010 Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2003-1998 Galerie Michel-Ange, Montreal, Canada
2002 Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
2001 Galerie Art & Style, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada
1999 Musée régional Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada
Galerie du Symposium, Danville, Quebec, Canada
1998-94 Galerie Pauline Johnson, Montreal, Canada
1998 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada
Showing the single artwork