Yvon Breton

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.pdf

  • Awards

    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

Yvon Breton

Jardin de Style
51 x 41 cm Framed: 60 x 50 x 3.5 cm Oil on Canvas $400.00