"Marcel Favreau was born in Montreal on August 24, 1921. At the age of sixteen, he began studying at the National Monument. The following year, he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal from 1938 to 1940. His choice of colours is a master in the art of painting trees he particularly likes. “I often work on the basis canvas; sometimes I start immediately to work on white with colour. To me painting is essentially drawing with a brush, as a result, my sketch will often be a cameo. I like to work this way. This allows me to establish my values, to utilize areas of light and shadow followed by the addition of colours, one layer after another. Most of the time, I paint on the white base. Rarely on a prepared base. But sometimes I wish to alter the grain of the canvas. I will often treat it with a glaze to heighten the effect of the shadows and further enhance the light."
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008-2009-2010 – Galerie Richelieu, Montréal, Qc
2008 – Art-Expo, Toronto, Canada
1996-1997-1998-1999-2000 – Art-Expo,
New York, USA
1992 – Symposium de peinture de l’Estrie,
Magog, Québec, Canada
1987 – Art-Expo, Los Angeles, USA
1983-1984-1985-1988 – Sherbrooke, Canada
1983-1984-1985-1986-1989-1990-1991 –
Salon des galeries d’art, Montréal, Canada
1981 – Ritz-Carlton, salon Oval, Montréal, Canada
1977 – Château Champlain, Montréal, Canada
1976 – Sheraton Mont-Royal, Montréal, Canada
1973 – Centre culturel, Verdun, Canada
1971-1976 – Foyer des Arts Eaton, Montréal, Canada
1970 – Salon de la femme, Montréal, Canada
1968-1969 – Place Bonaventure, Montréal, Canada
ILLUSTRATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
1972-1973 – Canadian Artists in Exhibition
1978-1979 – La cote officielle d’artistes du Québec,
éditeur La Minerve
1980 – Cent peintres du Québec, tome 2
1982 – Le Médecin du Québec
1983 – L’art actuel au Québec
1984 – 103 Artistes du Québec, Jean Trépanier, page 78
1986-1987, 1988-1989 – Annuaire de l’art
international
1986 – Salon des galeries d’art de Montréal
Le Guide Vallée, 1983, page 196; 1989, page 249;
1993, page 481
1988 - Magazin’Art, no 2, page 64
1996-1997 -Magazin’Art, Répertoire biennal d’artistes canadiens, page 118
