1945 - 2010

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  • Died: 2010
  • Nationality: Canada
  • Works on this site: 5
  • Color intensity: monochromatic
  • Museums on this site: National Gallery of Canada
  • Top 3 works:
    • Variable Mix-up
    • Run Run
    • Gasni

The Artistic Evolution of David Bolduc

David Bolduc was a Canadian painter and printmaker born in Toronto. His early training took place at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and the School of Art and Design at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where he studied under Arthur Lismer and Jean Goguen. His early career involved diverse work, including time in a plastics factory and a position in the conservation department at the Royal Ontario Museum.

His stylistic journey began with shaped canvases featuring contoured surfaces and simple geometric color designs. He later transitioned to minimal constructions using stretched white vinyl, followed by structures composed of rope, wood, and mirrors. By the mid-1970s, he developed a signature style characterized by central imagery abstracts. In these works, a main motif was rendered in impasto color, applied directly from the tube onto a stained background.

Themes and Travels

Bolduc’s work was deeply connected to his travels through various international locales. He journeyed through Europe, Turkey, Nepal, Uzbekistan, Moscow, India, Mexico, North Africa, China, the Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Paris, Spain, and Portugal. He also spent time living and working in Paris and Morocco during the 1990s.

Beyond his canvas, Bolduc was a lifelong student of modern poetry and provided illustrations for several volumes, including works by Michael Ondaatje, Roy Kiyooka, Wayne Clifford, Victor Coleman, and David Rosenberg. He also contributed illustrations to the literary magazine Brick. His academic contributions included teaching at several institutions, such as:

Vraag en antwoord

In welke historische periode werkte David Bolduc?

David Bolduc werkte in de Modern-periode. Deze periode plaatst het oeuvre van de kunstenaar in een historisch kader.

Kan ik de kunstwerken van David Bolduc sorteren op kleur?

De werken van David Bolduc kunnen op kleur worden verkend op de Sorteren op kleur pagina van de kunstenaar.

Hoe vind ik werken van David Bolduc in een specifiek kleurenpalet?

Op de Op kleurpalet-pagina worden de kunstwerken van David Bolduc gegroepeerd op basis van hun kleurenpalet.

Hoe vind ik alle werken van David Bolduc per medium?

De pagina Alle technieken groepeert de kunstwerken van David Bolduc op techniek.

Zelftest

Er is slechts één goed antwoord op elke vraag.

Vraag 1:
In which city was David Bolduc born?
Vraag 2:
Which artist's 1970 retrospective exhibition in Paris served as a model for Bolduc's approach to structure?
Vraag 3:
What was Bolduc's primary occupation besides painting?
Vraag 4:
Which museum's conservation department did Bolduc work in in 1966?
Vraag 5:
Which international museum hosted the 1977 exhibition '14 Canadians: a Critic's Choice'?