Paquet, Michel

Michel Paquet 1948-1990

Medium : gouache, oil

Born in Thetford Mines, Quebec.

Michel Paquet received a degree in science from the University of Montreal in 1977. He then studied educational psychology at the University of Sherbrooke, visual arts at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, and finally art history at the University Laval in Quebec city. After a few years of doing abstract painting, he returned to figurative painting. He painted mostly with oil, and he loved to experiment with all types of support : jute, canvas, compacted materials and often with kraft paper. In his work, lines are generally simple and subtle, drawn in a rather monochromatic palette.

Paquet’s paintings continue to fascinate because of their simplified compositions and the balance achieved between tones.

Media coverage :
Magazin’ Art, biennial guide to Canadian artists in galleries, 2002-2003 and prior years; Magazin’ Art, Spring edition 2000, article pg.70 (French version) and pg.103 (English version); Guide Parcours, magazine, 1990; Galerie, revue, 1989; Le Soleil, daily, 1989; Vie des Arts,magazine, 09-1998.

Collections :
Embassy of France, Ottawa;Bell Canada; Gabrielle Roy Library, Québec; Compass Media Group, Chicago, Ill, USA; Institut Canadien, Quebec; and many private collections in Canada and the United States.

Museums :
Museum of Belgravia, Yugoslavia; Museum Pierre Boucher, Three Rivers; Museum Louis-Hémon, Péribonka; Museum Blanche Bolduc, Thetford Mines; Museum of Fine Arts of Sherbrooke.