{{Short description|Canadian painter (1923–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Madeleine Arbour | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CQ|RCA|size=100%}} | image = Madeleine Arbour.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Arbour in 1947 | birth_name = {{nobr|Madeleine Marie Gertrude Arbour}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|3|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Granby, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|10|1923|3|3|df=y}} | death_place = L'Île-Perrot, Quebec, Canada | spouse = Pierre Gauvreau (1949–1970s) | children = 2 | occupation = {{hlist|Designer|painter|journalist}} | awards = Member of the Order of Canada (CM, 1986)<br>National Order of Quebec {{nobr|(''Chevalière'', 1999)}} }}
'''Madeleine Marie Gertrude Arbour''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|CQ|RCA|size=100%}} (3 March 1923 – 10 December 2024) was a Canadian designer, painter and journalist in Quebec.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=165 |title=Madeleine Arbour |publisher=National Gallery of Canada}}</ref> She was the first woman to preside over the {{Ill|Conseil des arts de Montréal|fr}}. Arbour was recognized as a pioneer in interior design, communication and visual arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madeleine Arbour |url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=366 |access-date=2020-05-09 |website=Ordre national du Québec}}</ref>
==Biography== Madeleine Marie Gertrude Arbour<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mrs. Madeleine Marie Gertrude Arbour |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-95 |access-date=11 December 2024 |website=The Governor General of Canada}}</ref> was born in Granby, Quebec on 3 March 1923. Arbour worked in Québécois television as a journalist and as a set designer. She also worked in theatre, designing costumes and sets, including the Théâtre du Rideau Vert and the {{ill|Compagnie Jean-Duceppe|fr}}. During the 1940s, she was associated with Les Automatistes and signed the Refus Global manifesto in 1948. In addition, she taught at the Institute of Applied Arts in Montreal and the Collège du Vieux-Montréal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artist Database : Artists : ARBOUR, Madeleine |url=https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=5389 |access-date=2020-05-09 |website=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative}}</ref>
In 1965, she established an interior design company. Among her major works are the design of Via Rail coaches, Air Canada aircraft, the interior of the former studio of painter Jean-Paul Riopelle, a room at the Citadelle of Quebec and public spaces at the residence of the Governor General of Canada.<ref name="cwahi" /><ref name="onq" /> In 1974, she animated the title card to Patof for CFTM-DT.
Arbour received significant recognition for her contributions to the Canadian visual arts and design scene; in 1986, she was appointed Member of the Order of Canada (CM).<ref>{{cite web |title=Mrs. Madeleine Marie Gertrude Arbour |url=https://gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-95 |website=Governor-General of Canada |access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> In 1998, she was further awarded the Prix Condorcet. She was appointed a ''Chevalière'' (Knight) of the National Order of Quebec (CQ) in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Madeleine Arbour (1923 – 2024) |url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=366 |website=National Order of Quebec |access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> In 2001, she was named to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA).<ref name="onq">{{cite web |url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=366 |title=Madeleine Arbour |work=National Order of Quebec |language=fr}}</ref>
In 1984, Arbour was recognized by the Conseil national du design for her contributions to the development of Canadian design. She was also the subject of an exhibition at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec: "Madeleine Arbour: espace de bonheur".<ref name="cwahi">{{cite web |url=http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=5389 |title=Arbour, Madeleine |work=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative}}</ref>
Arbour was married to Pierre Gauvreau from 1949 until the 1970s, and had two children with him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brisson |first=Jessica |date=11 December 2024 |others=In collaboration with Ginette Brisebois |title=Signataire du Refus global, Madeleine Arbour s'éteint à l'âge de 101 ans |url=https://www.neomedia.com/vaudreuil-soulanges/actualites/culturel/627779/signataire-du-refus-global-madeleine-arbour-seteint-a-lage-de-101-ans |access-date=11 December 2024 |website=Néomédia |language=French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2024 |title=ARBOUR, Madeleine |url=https://artus.ca/arbour-madeleine/ |access-date=11 December 2024 |website=ARTUS |language=French}}</ref> In 2012, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Madeleine Marie Gertrude Arbour |url=https://gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/126-102029 |website=Governor-General of Canada |access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref>
She died in L'Île-Perrot, on 10 December 2024, at the age of 101.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 December 2024 |title=Madeleine Arbour, cosignataire du manifeste Refus global, s’éteint à 101 ans |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1751192/madeleine-arbour-deces-mort-refus-global-manifeste-design-arts-visuels |access-date=11 December 2024 |publisher=Radio-Canada |language=French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nadeau |first=Jean-François |date=11 December 2024 |title=La peintre Madeleine Arbour est décédée à l’âge de 101 ans |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/825757/peintre-madeleine-arbour-est-decedee-age-101-ans |access-date=11 December 2024 |website=Le Devoir |language=French}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name |id=1282380}} * {{discogs artist|Madeleine Arbour}}
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