# Louis Archambault

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{{short description|Canadian sculptor (1915-2003)}}
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| birth_place      = [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec)
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2003|01|27|1915|04|15}}
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| resting_place = [Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery](/source/Notre_Dame_des_Neiges_Cemetery)
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| field         = [Sculptor](/source/Sculptor) 
| training      = BA, [University of Montreal](/source/University_of_Montreal) in 1936 and a diploma in ceramics from the École des Beaux Arts, Montreal in 1939
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'''Louis Archambault''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|RCA|size=100%}} ({{IPA|fr|lwi aʁʃɑ̃bo}}; April 4, 1915 &ndash; January 27, 2003) was a [Quebec](/source/Quebec) [sculptor](/source/sculpture) and [ceramicist](/source/Ceramic_art),<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](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), he received his BA from the [University of Montreal](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Jack_Shadbolt) and [Harold Town](/source/Harold_Town) represented [Canada](/source/Canada) at the [Venice Biennale](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Art_Gallery_of_Ontario)<ref name="bradfield " /> and the [Robert McLaughlin Gallery](/source/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](/source/Pearson_International_Airport), Malton, Ontario; the Ottawa airport; [Expo ’67](/source/Expo_%E2%80%9967), Montreal and Queen`s Park, Toronto.<ref name=Ontario /> He was a member of the [Royal Canadian Academy of Arts](/source/Royal_Canadian_Academy_of_Arts).<ref name=Ontario /> In 1968, he was made an Officer of the [Order of Canada](/source/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](/source/Searching_for_Louis_Archambault) (À la recherche de Louis Archambault)'', a 2000 documentary film by [Werner Volkmer](/source/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](/source/Le_Devoir)'', June 20, 2020.</ref>

After his death in 2003, he was entombed at the [Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery](/source/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==
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=== 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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Category:Canadian ceramists
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Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
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Category:20th-century Canadian sculptors
Category:Canadian male sculptors
Category:20th-century Canadian male artists
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