Claude Tousignant

Claude Tousignant (born December 23, 1932, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian artist. Tousignant is considered to be an important contributor to the development of geometric abstraction in Canada. He masterly used alternating values of complementary colours in innovative ways in his circle/target paintings. He was a "creative force in Montreal for over seven decades".

Biography Claude Tousignant was born in Montreal, Quebec. He then travelled to Paris where he studied at the Académie Ranson, returning to Montreal in the spring of 1952. In 1962, Tousignant introduced the form of the circle, which would become his signature motif, into his geometric paintings.

Selected exhibitions solo exhibition, Café L'Échourie, Montreal, 1955; solo exhibition, Galerie l'Actuelle, Montreal, 1956; Perspective '67, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto and Expo 67; Claude Tousignant: Sculptures, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1982; Paul-Émile Borduas Prize (1989) Officer of the Order of Canada (1976) Prize from the Canadian Institute of Rome (1973) First prize (painting), Perspective '67, Toronto (1967) First prize (painting), Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Paris (1962) Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

Museum collections Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (USA); Artothèque de Montréal; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia; York University, Toronto