{{Short description|Canadian artist (born 1949)}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = <!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name --> | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- use the image's pagename; do not include the "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and do not use brackets--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|07|01}}<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living artists, {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for dead. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age|YYYY}} or a similar option. --> | birth_place = Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | nationality = | education = École des beaux-arts de Québec <small>1971</small> | alma_mater = Université Laval <small>1972</small> | known_for = Painter<br/>Printmaker<br/>graphic artist<br/>Installation artist<br/>Photographer<br/>Sculptor | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | awards = ''Prix d’excellence de la Culture Videre'' <small>2002</small> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = }} thumb '''Danielle April''' (born July 1, 1949)<ref name="AiC " >{{cite web |title=Artists in Canada |url=https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=18079 |website=Canadian Heritage |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=14 December 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214213954/https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=18079 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Canadian artist working in the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, installation art, printmaking and drawing. April's work often explores time and memory.
==Life and work== Danielle April was born on July 1, 1949, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.<ref name="Precarious " /> April studied art at the École des beaux-arts de Québec, graduating in 1971, followed by earning a bachelor's degree in visual arts at the Université Laval in 1972.<ref name="Precarious " >{{cite web |title=APRIL, Danielle (1949) |url=http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/en/artistes/april-danielle-1949/ |website=Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214213947/http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/en/artistes/april-danielle-1949/ |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Saatchi " >{{cite web |title=Danielle April |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/danielleapril |website=Saatchi Art |accessdate=14 December 2018 |language=fr}}</ref> She lives and works in Quebec City.<ref name="AiC " /> Time and memory are common themes in April's artwork. In 2002, April received the ''Prix d'excellence de la Culture Videre'' from the Québec City.<ref name="APM " >{{cite web |title=Danielle April |url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/artiste/april-danielle/ |website=Art Public Montréal |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215023625/https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/artiste/april-danielle/ |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Permanent collections== *''Attente illusoire III'', 1983, mixed media, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec<ref name="Attente3 " >{{cite web |title=Attente illusoire III |url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600022286 |website=Collections |publisher=Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022152/https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600022286 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> *''Precarious Balance'', 2009, sculpture, Citizen's Park, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec<ref name="Precarious " />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:April, Danielle}} Category:1947 births Category:21st-century Canadian painters Category:21st-century Canadian photographers Category:21st-century Canadian sculptors Category:Artists from Quebec Category:Canadian illustrators Category:Canadian installation artists Category:Canadian women installation artists Category:Living people Category:People from Rivière-du-Loup Category:Université Laval alumni Category:21st-century Canadian women painters