# Simone Mary Bouchard > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simone_Mary_Bouchard > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simone_Mary_Bouchard.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Mary_Bouchard > Source revision: 1337600625 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian painter and textile artist}} {{Infobox artist | name = Simone Mary Bouchard | image = Simone-Mary-Bouchard-au-chevalet.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date text|1912}} | birth_place = [Baie-Saint-Paul](/source/Baie-Saint-Paul), Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{Death year and age|1945|1912}} | death_place = | nationality = | education = | field = [Painter](/source/Painter) | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = | spouse = }} '''Simone Mary Bouchard''' (1912–1945) was a Canadian painter and textile artist. She was known for her 'popular' or Outsider style of painting. ==Early life== Simone Mary Bouchard was born in 1912 in [Baie-Saint-Paul](/source/Baie-Saint-Paul), [Quebec](/source/Quebec).{{cite web|title=Bouchard, Simone Marie|url=https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=134|website=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative|accessdate=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108043830/http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=134|archive-date=8 November 2017|url-status=live}} She began her career creating [hooked rugs](/source/Rug_hooking) for the tourist trade. She became acquainted with the anthropologist [Marius Barbeau](/source/Marius_Barbeau), and his assistant, the ethnologist/painter [Jean Palardy](/source/Jean_Palardy). Subsequently, Bouchard repaired textiles for Barbeau and produced rugs for [Palardy](/source/Palardy).{{cite web|title=Simone-Marie Bouchard|url=http://lyleelderfolkart.com/artist-bios/simone-marie-bouchard/|website=Lyle Elder: Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art|accessdate=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043730/http://lyleelderfolkart.com/artist-bios/simone-marie-bouchard/|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}} ==Art career== In 1937, her work was included in and exhibition of North American outsider artists.{{cite book|last1=Farr|first1=Dorothy|last2=Luckyj|first2=Natalie|title=From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada|date=1975|publisher=Agnes Etherington Art Centre|location=Kingston|pages=51}} Barbeau and Palardy became aware of Bouchard's paintings, which were [naive](/source/Na%C3%AFve_art) [genre](/source/genre) scenes. The men brought her work to the attention of other artists and collectors. In 1941, Bouchard was included in the ''Première exposition des Indépendants'' exhibition at Palais Montcalm in Quebec City. This exhibition was organized by [Marie-Alain Couturier](/source/Marie-Alain_Couturier) and included eleven members of the [Contemporary Arts Society](/source/Contemporary_Arts_Society); Bouchard,{{cite book|last1=Tippett|first1=Maria|title=By a Lady|date=1992|publisher=Viking|location=Toronto, Ont.|isbn=0670844586|pages=81|edition=1. publ.}} [Paul-Émile Borduas](/source/Paul-%C3%89mile_Borduas), [Stanley Cosgrove](/source/Stanley_Cosgrove), [Louise Landry Gadbois](/source/Louise_Landry_Gadbois), [Eric Goldberg](/source/Eric_Goldberg_(artist)), [John Goodwin Lyman](/source/John_Goodwin_Lyman), [Louis Muhlstock](/source/Louis_Muhlstock), [Alfred Pellan](/source/Alfred_Pellan), [Goodridge Roberts](/source/Goodridge_Roberts), [Jori Smith](/source/Jori_Smith), and [Philip Surrey](/source/Philip_Surrey).{{cite book|last1=Carney|first1=Lora Senechal|title=Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925–1955: Writings and Reconsiderations|date=2017|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0773551923|pages=146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-EyDwAAQBAJ&q=Louise+Gadbois&pg=PA173|accessdate=25 November 2017}} The exhibition traveled to Montreal. The Dominion Art Gallery in Montreal held [retrospective](/source/retrospective)s of her work in 1947 and 1952. Her work is included in the collections of the [National Gallery of Canada](/source/National_Gallery_of_Canada){{cite web|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/s-mary-bouchard|title=S. Mary Bouchard|website=www.gallery.ca|access-date=2019-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509010511/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/s-mary-bouchard|archive-date=2019-05-09|url-status=live}} and the [Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_national_des_beaux-arts_du_Qu%C3%A9bec).{{Cite web | url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600002485 |title = Bouchard, Simone Mary}} Bouchard died in 1945 of a lung ailment. In 2015, her work was included in ''The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Historical Artists'', an exhibition co-curated by [Alicia Boutilier](/source/Alicia_Boutilier) and [Tobi Bruce](/source/Tobi_Bruce) who also co-edited the book/catalogue.{{cite book |last1=Lacroix |first1=Laurier|title="Simone Mary Bouchard". The Artist Herself |date=2015 |publisher=Agnes Etherington Art Centre/ Art Gallery of Hamilton |location=Kingston and Hamilton|page=99 |isbn=978-1-55339-407-5|url=https://library.gallery.ca/search~S1?/abruce%2C+tobi/abruce+tobi/1%2C1%2C16%2CB/frameset&FF=abruce+tobi+++++1965&1%2C%2C16 |access-date=6 April 2025}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.artnet.com/artists/simone-mary-bouchard/ images of Simone Mary Bouchard's paintings] at ArtNet {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouchard, Simone Mary}} Category:1912 births Category:1945 deaths Category:20th-century Canadian painters Category:20th-century Canadian textile artists Category:20th-century Canadian women textile artists Category:People from Baie-Saint-Paul Category:Artists from Quebec Category:Deaths from lung disease Category:20th-century Canadian women painters Category:Canadian outsider artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Simone Mary Bouchard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Mary_Bouchard) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Mary_Bouchard?action=history)). 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