Albert Dumouchel was a Canadian printmaker, painter and teacher.
11 Facts About Albert Dumouchel
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Albert Dumouchel was born into a family of tradesmen at Bellerive, a working-class parish in the municipality of Valleyfield, Quebec.
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Albert Dumouchel was educated at the Seminaire Saint Thomas D'Aquin de Valleyfield, known today as the College de Valleyfield.
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Albert Dumouchel studied engraving in Montreal, etching and lithography in Paris, sculpture in Valleyfield, and with Alfred Pellan.
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Albert Dumouchel taught drawing, art history, publicity and photography at the Montreal's Institute des arts graphiques which had just been founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Albert Dumouchel set up an engraving workshop at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal, and was the head of the graphics division.
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Albert Dumouchel participated in the activities of the Montreal surrealists.
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Albert Dumouchel exhibited his work at the Canadian Biennial from its beginning in 1955.
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Albert Dumouchel was one of 30 members of The Non-Figurative Artists Association of Montreal.
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In 1955, Albert Dumouchel was awarded an 18-month UNESCO scholarship to study in Europe, where he pursued his research and work on printmaking.
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Albert Dumouchel's work is represented in such major public collections as the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.