Philomène Belliveau

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Philomène Belliveau
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Born 29 July 1854 Blue pencil.svg
Memramcook, New Brunswick Blue pencil.svg
Died 17 March 1940 Blue pencil.svg (aged 85)
Rimouski Blue pencil.svg
Occupation Painter, drawing Blue pencil.svg

Philomène Belliveau (1854 1940) was a Canadian artist of Acadian descent.

The daughter of Modeste Cormier and Joseph Belliveau, she was born in Memramcook and was educated at the convent of the Sisters of Sacré Cœur (known as Reed's Castle) in Saint John. In 1889, she travelled to Boston, where she took courses in painting and drawing. After she returned to New Brunswick, her portraits in pastel became very popular. The Acadian museum at the Université de Moncton has four of these portraits in their collection. [1] [2]

Saint John, New Brunswick City in New Brunswick, Canada

Saint John is the coastal port city of the Bay of Fundy in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The port is Canada’s third largest port by tonnage with a cargo base that includes dry and liquid bulk, break bulk, containers, and cruise. In 2016, after more than 40 years of population decline, the city became the second most populous city in the province for the first time, with a population of 67,575 over an area of 315.82 square kilometres (121.94 sq mi). Greater Saint John covers a land area of 3,362.95 square kilometres (1,298.44 sq mi) across the Caledonia Highlands, with a population of 126,202. After the partitioning of the colony of Nova Scotia in 1784, the new colony of New Brunswick was thought to be named 'New Ireland' with the capital to be in Saint John before being vetoed by Britain's King George III. Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada. During the reign of George III, the municipality was created by royal charter in 1785.

Boston Capital city of Massachusetts, United States

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Pastel art medium

A pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation. The color effect of pastels is closer to the natural dry pigments than that of any other process.

In 1904, she married judge Alphonse Pierre Garon. The couple settled in Shediac, later moving to Rimouski. [2]

Shediac Town in New Brunswick, Canada

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She died in Rimouski at the age of 85. [2]

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References

  1. "Philomène Belliveau". Art and Culture. Canadian Heritage Information Network.
  2. 1 2 3 "Philomène Belliveau" (in French). Société Culturelle de la Vallée de Memramcook.