Collection: André Bertounesque

André Bertounesque is a Quebec painter of French origin born in 1937 in Sainte-Livrade (France) and died in 2005 in Laval, Quebec.

Already passionate about art, André Bertounesque arrived in Quebec in 1951, where he worked in numerous professions while cultivating his passion for oil painting. A self-taught painter, Bertounesque set up a makeshift studio at the back of his hair salon where he could paint during the downtime his job allowed him.

He then began his career as a painter by selling his works to his clients who were impressed by the talent of this sensitive artist. His mastery of rendering the light and the subdued and intimate atmospheres of the scenes he illustrated was quickly noticed. The richness of his oil painting earned him a recognition that would not diminish throughout his career and even beyond.

He also became the visual chronicler of his native southern France. Provence, its colors and light became a favorite subject, leading the viewer to shimmering horizons. Bertounesque's paintings remind us that landscape, and especially the love of nature, despite the proliferation of the genre, has few interpreters who truly move us. He paints scenes bursting with light, natural places discreetly animated by graceful figures, where the green carpet of the ground and the trees with their large arms laden with shadow and light invite pleasure and relaxation.

The artist has achieved a mastery that allows him to express his particular poetry frankly and generously.

The work of André Bertounesque is now part of Quebec's artistic heritage and is present in several major collections around the world.