Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté
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Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté 🇨🇦

Suzor-Coté (Known as "Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté")
Impressionist Painter, Sculptor, Chronicler of Quebec Rural Life
Born 6 April 1869 🇨🇦 Arthabaska, Canada
Passed Away 29 January 1937 Daytona Beach, United States
Lifespan 67 years old
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"Light is the life of painting; when you capture how sun breaks upon ice, you capture the soul of this land."

Archival Overview

Preeminent French-Canadian impressionist painter and bronze sculptor whose works celebrated thawing ice, spring runoff, and rural Quebec coureurs des bois.

Biographical Record

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté was one of the earliest Canadian artists to assimilate French Impressionism directly in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian. Returning to his native Arthabaska (Victoriaville), Suzor-Coté painted the spring thaw of the Nicolet River with dazzling light, broken brushwork, and atmospheric subtlety.

Equally accomplished as a sculptor, he modeled dynamic bronzes of French-Canadian habitant life, such as The Trapper and Women of the Parish. His works hang prominently in the National Gallery of Canada and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Arthabaska Parish Cemetery
Victoriaville, Canada
GPS: 46.0333, -71.9500
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