{{short description|Canadian sculptor (1915-2003)}} {{about|the Quebec sculptor|the MP|Louis Archambeault}} {{Infobox artist
| name = Louis Archambault | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|04|04}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|01|27|1915|04|15}} | death_place = | resting_place = Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery | nationality = | field = Sculptor | training = BA, University of Montreal in 1936 and a diploma in ceramics from the École des Beaux Arts, Montreal in 1939 | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = }} '''Louis Archambault''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|RCA|size=100%}} ({{IPA|fr|lwi aʁʃɑ̃bo}}; April 4, 1915 – January 27, 2003) was a Quebec sculptor and ceramicist,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sculptor-louis-archambault-dies-1.401385|title=Sculptor Louis Archambault dies|work=CBC.ca | date=January 29, 2003}}</ref> who was one of the members of the "new sculpture" movement in Canada that moved away from traditional methods towards abstraction.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Boyanoski |first1=Christine |title="Sculpture before 1960". The Visual Arts in Canada: the Twentieth Century|page=253|date=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Foss, Brian, Paikowsky, Sandra, Whitelaw, Anne (eds.)|isbn=978-0-19-542125-5|location=Don Mills, Ont.|oclc=432401392 }}</ref>
==Career== Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received his BA from the University of Montreal in 1936 and a diploma in ceramics from the École des Beaux Arts, Montreal in 1939,<ref name=Ontario>{{cite web |title=Louis Archambault |url=http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/online/art_qp/louis-archambault.aspx|website=www.archives.gov.on.ca |publisher=Government of Ontario archives |access-date=2021-03-24}}</ref> becoming an instructor in sculpture at the École in 1949.<ref name="bradfield">{{cite book |last1=Bradfield |first1=Helen |title=Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection |date=1970 |publisher=McGraw Hill |location=Toronto |isbn=0070925046|url=https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Art%20Gallery%20of%20Ontario:%20the%20Canadian%20collection&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=UTL&vid=01UTORONTO_INST:UTORONTO&offset=0|accessdate=2021-03-24}}</ref> In 1952, he exhibited his work at the then Art Gallery of Toronto with Alfred Pellan.<ref name="bradfield " /> In 1953, he won a Canadian Government Fellowship to study in Paris and Venice.<ref name="bradfield " /> In 1956, works by Archambault along with those of Jack Shadbolt and Harold Town represented Canada at the Venice Biennale.<ref name=Ontario /> He was commissioned in 1957 to make a ceramic wall for the Canadian pavilion at the Brussels International and Universal Exposition in 1958.<ref name="bradfield " /> In 1958, he won the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal.<ref name=Ontario />
His work is in such public collections in Canada as the National Gallery of Canada,<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Archambault |url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/louis-archambault |website=www.gallery.ca |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |access-date=2021-03-24}}</ref> the Art Gallery of Ontario<ref name="bradfield " /> and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Archambault |first1=Louis |title=Collection |url=https://rmg.minisisinc.com/m3online/scripts/mwimain.dll/72/1/0?SEARCH&SHOWSINGLE=Y&ERRMSG=[M3ONLINE]error.html |website=rmg.minisisinc.com |publisher=Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa |access-date=2021-03-24}}</ref> His completed commissions include sculptures for the Pearson International Airport, Malton, Ontario; the Ottawa airport; Expo ’67, Montreal and Queen`s Park, Toronto.<ref name=Ontario /> He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.<ref name=Ontario /> In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Archambault |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-99 |website=www.gg.ca |publisher=Governor General of Canada |access-date=2021-08-23}}</ref>
He was the subject of ''Searching for Louis Archambault (À la recherche de Louis Archambault)'', a 2000 documentary film by Werner Volkmer.<ref>Ariane Émond, [https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/lettres/581194/la-vie-genereuse-du-cineaste-werner-volkmer? "La vie généreuse du cinéaste Werner Volkmer"]. ''Le Devoir'', June 20, 2020.</ref>
After his death in 2003, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société|publisher=Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery|location=Montreal|language=fr}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
=== Bibliography === * {{cite web |last1=Tippett |first1=Maria |title=Sculpture in Canada |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre, 2017|url=https://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?N=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=p_work_normalized&Np=1&Ntt=tippett%2C%20sculpture%20in%20canada&Ntk=Anywhere |access-date=2020-08-22}}
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