Mariette Rousseau-Vermette
Mariette Rousseau-Vermette | |
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| Born | August 29, 1926 |
| Died | March 28, 2006 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Tapestry |
| Spouse | Claude Vermette |
Mariette Rousseau-Vermette,
OC (August 29, 1926 – March 28, 2006)[1] was a noted Quebec-based Canadian tapestry artist who pioneered innovations in the fiber/textile arts
during the 1960–80s.
Biography
Rousseau-Vermette was born in
California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, and privately throughout Europe and Asia.[2]
She created tapestries that experimented with scale, form, material and color, that became known as tapestry-paintings. In addition to appearing in numerous solo and group exhibitions, she became internationally recognized when she received several prestigious commissions, including the curtain for the Eisenhower Theatre in Washington's
Kennedy Center, and the ceiling of Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. Some of her estimated 600 signed works are held in the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[3] the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Rockefeller Center in New York, and the Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto.[4][5][6]
She was head of the Fibre program at
The Banff Centre
from 1979 to 1985.
Rousseau-Vermette was married to the artist Claude Vermette. She died in Montreal in 2006.
Awards
- Officer of the Order of Canada (1976)
- Diplome d'Honneur from the Canadian Conference of the Arts.
References
- ^ "Mariette Rousseau-Vermette". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- OCLC 5612786650.
- ^ "Mariette Rousseau-Vermette". www.collections.mnbaq.org. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- OCLC 58051744.
- OCLC 5612786650.
- ISBN 0824060490.
Further reading
- Newlands, Anne (2023). Weaving Modernist Art: The Life and Work of Mariette Rousseau-Vermette. Firefly Books. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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