Background
He was born in Arthabaska, Quebec in 1869. His father was an artist.
He was born in Arthabaska, Quebec in 1869. His father was an artist.
He studied at the Collège du Sacré-Coeur, Arthabaska. He was a baritone, who studied music at the Conservatory of Music in Paris in 1890. He studied painting and sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Léon Bonnat during the 1890s.
He studied painting and sculpture at the Julian and Colarossi Academies.
He was one of the first native-born Canadian artists whose works were directly influenced by the Old World"s Impressionism of the 1860s. After his return to Quebec in 1908, he established a studio in Montreal with classic interpretations of Canadian landscapes. He produced many impressionist paintings of the Quebec landscape, as well as portraits, nudes, historical paintings and later sculptures.
He was also interested in the play of light on snow and water.
Suzor-Coté became paralyzed in 1927. In 1929, Suzor-Côté moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, where he died on 29 January 1937.
Exhibitions of his works were on view at Gallery L"Art français. On 14 March 1969 Canada Post issued "Suzor-Côté, 1869-1937" based on a painting "Return from the Harvest Field" (1903) by Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
The 50¢ stamps are perforated 13 and were printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited.
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Suzor-Coté was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.