Alexis-Charles Boucher
Alexis-Charles Boucher (* 1808 in La Prairie , Québec , † 1885 in Montreal ) was a Canadian copyist and cabinet maker, portrait and sign painter.
Various signs and wall decorations come from him. He lived first in La Prairie, later in Montreal. One of his most famous works is a copy of a portrait depicting his uncle, the Abbé Jean-Baptiste Boucher, pastor in La Prairie. A painting signed Chs. Boucher , was depicted in the Montreal trading yearbooks 1875/76 and 1880/81.
literature
- General artist lexicon (AKL). The visual artists of all times and peoples . Volume 13, p. 289.Saur, Munich and Leipzig 1991ff., ISBN 3-598-22740-X
- David Karel: Dictionnaire des artistes de langue française en Amérique du Nord . Presses Université Laval, 1992; P. 106 ISBN 2763772358
- Evelyn de R McMann: Biographical Index to Artists in Canada , University of Toronto Press, 1996; P. 27 ISBN 0802027903
- Èmile Falardeau: Artistes et Artisans du Canada, Deuxième Série: Boucher . G. Ducharme, Montréal, 1942 (antiquarian information on content: "About Alexis Charles Boucher, called Belleville, cabinet maker, portrait and decoration painter" No. 346 )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boucher, Alexis-Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Prairie , Quebec , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1885 |
| Place of death | Montreal , Canada |