Pierre Gauvreau

Pierre Gauvreau, born August 23, 1922 and died April 7, 2011 in Montreal, was a Quebec painter, screenwriter, television director and film producer. As an Automatist painter, he studied at the Montreal School of Fine Arts, but quickly adopted a more modern style after being influenced by artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. In 1941, he joined the group of artists led by Paul-Émile Borduas, and in 1948, he signed the manifesto Refus Global with other avant-garde artists.

Engaged in the Canadian army in 1943, Gauvreau continued to paint during his service. After the war, he became involved in avant-garde artistic movements and created the sets for his brother Claude Gauvreau’s play in 1947. In the 1950s, he became a radio and television host, then a director at Radio-Canada until 1967. In the following years, Gauvreau held various roles in the field of audiovisual creation. In 1973, he proposed a television series project on the advent of modernity in Quebec, which later became the successful television trilogy Le Temps d'une paix, Cormoran and Le Volcan tranquille. In 1990, he was awarded a Grand Prize by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for his work.

Pierre Gauvreau was also creative director at Radio-Québec and director of French production at the National Film Board. He resumed painting in 1976, after a break of more than 10 years. He participated in more than 170 exhibitions during his lifetime and received several distinctions, including the Prix Louis-Philippe-Hébert in 1995. Pierre Gauvreau died at the age of 88 in 2011.

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