Borduas, Paul-Émile National Historic Person

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
Paul-Émile Borduas (© Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada / Ronny Jaques)
Paul-Émile Borduas, 1946.
(© Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada / Ronny Jaques)
Address : 621 Chemin des Patriotes N, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2024-08-13
Life Date: 1905 to 1960

Other Name(s):
  • Paul-Émile Borduas  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2023-26, 2023-26-A

Importance: Canadian artists of international recognition, pioneer of abstract art and leader of the avant-garde movement in Canada, main author of Refus global of the group the Automatistes