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Valuer Guy Robert
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The notes here under can be found in the book PINSONNAULT written
by Guy Robert, Éditions ICONIA, c.p.
146, Mont-Royal, Qc, Canada, 1986. Photographer : Denis Bigué.
Translator : Jacques Gouin.
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1930-36 Private courses in academic art in Quebec city.
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1937 First prize in drawing at the Quebec Provincial Exposition.
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1966-69 Supervision of art workshops at Pierre-Janet Hospital, Hull. Discovery
of tapestry.
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1967-68 Attendance at studio of the painter Pierre Debain in Hull.
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1970-71 Initiation workshops in tapestry; member of the Creative Tapestry
Association of Ottawa; exhibition of tapestries at the Galeries Saint-Paul
in Old Montreal and at the Galerie du Centre du livre at the National Arts
Centre, Ottawa.
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1974 Exhibition of tapestries at the Ottawa City Hall.
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1975 Participation in the exhibition of the Creative Tapestry Association,
at the Museum of Man, Ottawa.
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1978 Personal exhibition at "Artistes au féminin" (feminine artists)
in the Galerie Rodrigue LeMay, Ottawa; first prize obtained from the Creative
Tapestry Association.
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1980 Personal exhibitions at Place du Centre, Hull, at the Ottawa City Hall
and at the Maison du Citoyen in Hull; on December 6, the daily newspaper
Le Droit of Ottawa devoted its whole first page of its "Cahier des arts"
section to Suzanne Pinsonnault tapestries, with comments by Marthe Lemery.
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1981 Participation to the Biennale de la Nouvelle Tapisserie du Québec,
Montreal.
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1985 Burglary in the Ripon studio: four tapestries were stolen : Un coin de mon
pays (a corner of my country) 183 x 114 cm, Le vent du nord (the north wind)
84 x 74 cm, Mon Pays c'est l'hiver (my country is the winter), 54 x 61 cm, Demain
l'hiver (the winter arrives) 41 x 31 cm.
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1986 Preparation and publication of the book PINSONNAULT written
by Guy Robert, ICONIA, Montréal, 1986.
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