BIOGRAPHY:                      

Paulette Marie Sauvé (pronounced sovay) is a painter, tapestry weaver and writer.

She studied visual arts at the Institut des Arts Appliqués in Montreal, Quebec.
Later, she was awarded a government grant to travel to France where she discovered natural pigments, ancient dyes, and tapestry, notably at the Manufacture des Gobelins.   This inspired her to write about the art of creating with natural materials.

She later went on to study at the Université du Quebec, where she obtained her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1992. The MFA course included studies in northern Italy.

From 1992 to 2002, she taught visual arts and organized exhibitions and cultural events.
She then returned to her studio to work full time at tapestry, painting and creating illustrated books.

Paulette has published two books in French: "La Teinture Naturelle", and, "Le Filage", as well as two CD-ROMs about the history of textile art in New England and New France. She is a trained volunteer tutor for English Literacy, and a member of the South Shore Reading Council.

Born in North Bay, Ontario, Paulette has given lectures, seminars and workshops in the USA, Burkina Faso, Canada and Israel.   She creates commissioned paintings, and her work is shown in galleries, museums, private and corporate collections in several countries.    She has obtained grants and awards, notably in 2002, she received Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 50th Golden Jubilee Medal awarded by The Governor General of Canada.  She also received grants from the Canada Arts Council, and is a four time recipient of the Quebec Minister of Cultural Affairs Grants.

BOOKS, MAGAZINES, JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY ME:

1 - From Colonial Fabric to Virtual Cloth, CD-ROM author: Paulette-Marie Sauvé, Published by Tournade, 2001, ISBN: 0-9688935-0-3

2 - De l’étoffe du pays au tissu virtuel: Visitez un musée virtuel sur CD-ROM, author: Paulette-Marie Sauvé, Published by the SPCL,
Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, 2001 ISBN:2-9807162-0-0

3 - La Teinture Naturelle au Québec, by Paulette-Marie Sauvé, Éd. De L’Aurore, Montréal, 1977. ISBN :0-88532-164-2

4 - Le Filage, by Paulette-Marie Sauvé, Éd. De L’Aurore, Montréal, 1977. ISBN :0-88532-139-1

5 - "Quatre-Temps", by Les Amis du Jardin Botanique de Montréal, P M Sauvé, co-author, Vol. 19, #2, pgs 47 to 50,
Ed. Jardin Botanique de Montréal, 1993, ISSN 0820-5515

6 - "COLOR Research and application, vol. 6 #3, Fall 1981, Co-author by Paulette-Marie Sauvé, pages 172-173, ISSN 0361-2317

7 - "Annales de l'ACFAS, Vol. 45, #4, Centre Québécois de la Couleur, 1978", co-author by Paulette-Marie Sauvé, pages 39 to 43, Québec, 1978




ARTICLES ABOUT, AND PHOTOS OF THE WORK OF "Paulette-Marie Sauvé" ARE FOUND IN THE FOLLOWING BOOKS, MAGAZINES, JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS:

1 - The Avmor Collection, published by Avmor Art and Cultural Foundation, Montreal, 2004;
pgs 151, 203 and 209, ISBN 0-9682946-2-6

2 - "Paulette-Marie Sauvé", Les arts contemporains au Québec/Contemporary Arts in Quebec, pg 75, by Maurice Soudeyns, Montréal,
Société générale d'édition, 1994, ISBN 2-921228-04-1

3 -"Paulette-Marie Sauvé, Galerie de l'UQAM", by Etc Montreal, pg 70, Numéro 18, Printemps 1992, ISSN 0835-7641

3 - "Paulette Sauvé", Illudere ou se jouer du trompe-l′oeil, pg 29, by Pierre Ayot, ÉDITIONS NBJ, 1990, ISBN 2-89314-101-3

4 - Les Oeuvres d’art du ministère des Travaux publics et de l'Approvisionnement, Editeur Officiel du Québec, Gouv. du Québec,
1980, ISBN 2-551-04022-1

5 - Troisième Biennale de tapisserie de Montréal, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, 1984, ISBN: 2-920673-00-9

6 - La Nouvelle tapisserie québécoise, by Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal, Ministère des Affaires culturelles,
1978, ISBN 0-7754-3031-5

7 - Biennale de la nouvelle tapisserie québécoise, by Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal, Ministère des Affaires culturelles,
1979, ISBN 2-551-03401-9

8 - The Art Guide, 2005, The Monthly Review of Exhibitions at Galleries and Museums in New England.

9 - Réquisition Clandestine, Bulletin-Catalogue, Printemps 1989, Ed. CATQ, Montréal

10 - En ce temps-là, by Jean Dumont, Le Devoir, samedi 14 mars, 1992, pg C-11

11 - Fibre Quarterly volume 3 issue 1 winter 2007, Who made that: a question about Public (Textile) Art in Canada?, Fibre Quarterly ISSN-1916-534X Canada

12 - ART - THE GAZETTE, Montreal, Saturday, June 13, 1987

Other media events: several radio interviews and television appearances, numerous newspaper and magazine articles, mentioned on various Web sites since 1997, member of Artists In Canada.

SELECTED AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

1989 "Illudere ou se jouer du trompe-l′oeil", Centro internazionale di sperimentazioni artistiche
Marie-Louise Jeanneret,
Boissano (Italie) , Italy
1989 "Illudere ou se jouer du trompe-l′oeil", Galerie de l′UQAM, Montréal

Paintings:

Oil paintings on canvas and on Arches paper vary in sizes :

from large format  of 60 x 108 inches

to small format.

"Le Vieux Port",  Oil & mixed media on canvas, 48 in. h x 72 in. wide

"Old Molsons Bank",  Oil & mixed media on canvas, 48 in. h x 36 in. wide

"Rue Saint-Paul",  Oil & mixed media on canvas, 48 in. h x 36 in. wide

To view more cityscapes and landscapes, please contact Paulette Marie Sauvé at the email address shown below.  Large format work may be commissioned.

For  information on where to purchase these paintings

please contact Paulette Marie Sauvé.

Email address :

paulette@paulettesauve.com

Copyright © 2000-2010 Paulette Marie Sauvé

 Tapestry:

The tapestries, as seen in the illustrations below, are woven using the 

"Gobelins" high-warp technique, in a similar manner to those woven in the

sixteenth and seventeenth centuries:

  Paulette and contemporary Les Gobelins tapestry loom. 

Photo by Claude Gagnon

The artist often creates unique shapes that are sculpted directly on the loom during the weaving process.  

The following jpeg images show the triptych "Iridescent Marsh/Marais Irise", by Paulette-Marie Sauvé.  This was commissioned by Cadillac Fairview and installed in the Toronto Dominion Centre in 1985: in the first image (01), the triptych is photographed at night, and at an angle, (the room being too narrow to take a photo from the centre); the panel on the left is 9 feet high by 11 feet long (2.74 X 3.35 meters), and the two large panels on the right if placed together measure 10 feet high by 26 feet long (3.05 X 7.92 m).

" Paulette-Marie Sauve's project, "Iridescent Marsh", is installed on adjacent walls of the west lobby of the Canadian Pacific Tower. Borrowing from elements of Bauhaus design, she has created irregular triangles of exuberant color, representing her interpretation of the Canadian landscape (Flora growing in marsh areas).  Seen from outside, these shapes provide an interesting diagonal play with the horizontal and vertical framework of the Mies van der Roe architecture. The artist's interest in color is evident both in the finished tapestry and in the creative process itself-she made her own dyes in order to achieve a maximum range of color relationships. The technique used is high warp tapestry weaving with a wool weft and cotton warp. The combined weight of all 3 pieces is approximately 113 kilograms, and total production time was ten months." Quote from the TD Centre brochure

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                                         "Lieu Sacré" by Paulette-Marie Sauvé, tapestry : 6 x 6 feet, wool, silk, cotton. 

Woven in the Les Gobelins style, the triangular shape is sculpted directly on the loom. 

Photo by John Kobel              

   Paulette making finishing touches of tapestry called "Gedalya".  Avmor Collection, Montreal.  Photo by Avrum Morrow

For more information

please contact Paulette Marie Sauvé.

Email address :

paulette@paulettesauve.com

Copyright © 2000-2010 Paulette Marie Sauvé