{"id":4816,"date":"2018-04-06T14:48:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp2022\/portfolio\/claude-tousignant\/"},"modified":"2018-04-06T14:48:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:48:36","slug":"claude-tousignant","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/fr\/portfolio\/claude-tousignant\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude Tousignant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4816\" class=\"elementor elementor-4816\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3478568 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3478568\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd6a143\" data-id=\"cd6a143\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f64bbe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f64bbe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tousignant-Claude.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4817\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tousignant-Claude.jpg 600w, https:\/\/robinrosenbergfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Tousignant-Claude-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-457816f\" data-id=\"457816f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac9487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ac9487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClaude Tousignant\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6850d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6850d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Canadian, 1932-)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4866b95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4866b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Claude Tousignant is a Canadian artist whose work is considered to have been integral to the development of Geometric Abstraction. In the 1950s, he was associated with the Modern art movement, les Plasticiens, a group who celebrated an orderly style of painting devoid of spontaneity. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tousignant was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1932. Encouraged by his family to pursue a career in art, he attended the School of Art and Design at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbam.qc.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts<\/span><\/a> from 1948-1951. He also spent time abroad in Paris studying at the Acad\u00e9mie Ranson, but ultimately returned to Montreal in 1952. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tousignant is best known for his circle paintings composed of large, target-like rings of various colours that explore the effects of optical illusions and colour studies. His circular motifs create vibrating, rhythmic forms with sharp clean edges that aim to challenge the senses. His intention was to create purely abstract works that ensured minimal interference between the painting and the viewer\u2019s experience of colour.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">His work has been shown in exhibitions internationally and is in the collections of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Art Gallery of Ontario<\/span><\/a> in Toronto, the <a href=\"https:\/\/macm.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbam.qc.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts<\/span><\/a> in Montreal, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnbaq.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Mus\u00e9e National des Beaux-Arts du Qu\u00e9bec<\/span><\/a> in Quebec City, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">National Gallery of Canada<\/span><\/a> in Ottawa, and many more. Tousignant continues to explore optics and sensory perception in his painting practice.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claude Tousignant is a Canadian artist whose work is considered to have been integral to the development of Geometric Abstraction. In the 1950s, he was associated with the Modern art movement, les Plasticiens, a group who celebrated an orderly style of painting devoid of spontaneity. Tousignant was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1932. 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