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André Fauteux
André Fauteux (born March 15, 1946) is a Canadian artist who now lives in Toronto, Ontario. Fauteux is a sculptor known for his abstract welded steel sculpture, which is related to Geometric abstraction.Robert James Belton. Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture'. University of Calgary Press; 2001. . p. 65–. His modernist sculptures are also related to the Formalist ideas associated with Clement Greenberg. Early life and education Fauteux was raised by his mother, Lyle Secord Fauteux, née Ferguson, in Hamilton, Ontario. She encouraged his artistic endeavors. He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto as a boy, where Vernon Mould taught him painting. He next studied art at Central Technical School in Toronto, Ontario, principally with Robert Ross and Winston Laurence, in the mid-1960s. Career Fauteux moved to Ibiza, Spain in 1967, where he met other artists, including Graham Coughtry and Gordon Rayner. While in Ibiza, he painted and only began sculpt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the list of urban areas in the European Union, fifth most populous urban area of the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
