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NEW*
Nov.
2009. A Marchessault painting appears in new hit TV sci fi series
V The Visitors. The 2008 oil on panel titled "Nuncio"
(24 x 68 inches) is shown in episode two in the the living room
of Morris Chestnut played by Ryan Nichols.
Morena
Bacarin plays Anna in "V The Visitors"

Nuncio,
2008, oil/panel 24 x 68 appears in episode 2 of V The Visitors
NEW*
The
book The
Hidden Gates, Paintings from 2009 is
now available for purchase at Blurb.com.
The hardcover book features selected work from the artist's
studio produced in 2009. There is also an essay by the artist.
You may preview
the book in hi-resolution full screen mode at the Blurb
web site.
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NEW*
The
book Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques
for Plein Air and Studio Practice features
work by Marchessault in the book and on the back cover. The book
can be purchased through Amazon at this
link. Or from the author Mitchell Albala at his web
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2010
Solo Shows: Bau
Xi Gallery, Toronto (June) TBA for later in the year.
Online
catalogue "Hozo" from the Marchessault exhibition
in Montreal is viewable by clicking on the image (right).
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Escarpment 1993, collection of The Tom
Thomson Memorial Art Gallery |
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The
Canadian Cultural Properties Review Board determined that
the 1993 Marchessault painting ("Escarpment" oil 40x120
inches, irregular shape) meets the criteria of section 11 of the
Cultural Properties Export and Import Act - "outstanding
significance and national importance". This painting
was donated to the permanent collection of the Tom
Thomson Memorial Art Gallery. This is Marchessault's second
painting donated under this designation; the other painting is
in the collection of the MacLaren
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NEW*
Read
the transcript of
a 2008 interview between Marchessault and Sandra Fraser (curator at
the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Ontario).
Again!
For the sixth year in a row Marchessault paintings will be presented
at the Toronto International Art Fair. You can find his work
at the Bau-Xi Gallery and Gallerie de Bellefeuille booths.
NEW!
"Harvest of Light" is a new book
about Marchessault's paintings from 2007 - 2008. It will accompany
his upcoming shows in Toronto (Feb 2009), Seattle (June 2009) and
Vancouver (Nov 2009). You can order a copy of "Harvest of Light"
online. Click
here to preview/order your copy.
Book
Cover:
2008: Les Éditions du Boréal, 4447, rue Saint-Denis,
Montréal has purchased the right to use a 2008 painting by
Marchessault (SND Again, 30x30 oil/panel) for the cover of
a new book of poetry by Hélène Monette. To be published
in the fall of 2008, the book is titled Thérèse
Pour Joie et Orchrestre.
Movie
2007: One of Marchessault's large paintings features prominently during
the first 10 minutes of the film Shattered. Starring Pierce
Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler, Emma Karwandy, Desiree Zurowski.
Directed by: Mike Barker , Produced by: Pierce Brosnan, Mel Gibson,
Beau St. Clair. Over the last 10 years many of Marchessault's paintings
have appeared in over 9 feature films and many TV dramas.
Travels
- Marchessault travelled in Italy in the fall of 2007 (Tuscany,
Venice, Florence, Rome). New paintings are begining to reflect some
of the wonderful things seen there (for example: "Hidden
Forces" 48x48, 2008).
Robert
Marchessault is married to the painter Teresa
Cullen (below) with whom he has collaborated
on several recent paintings. Teresa was an artist in residence and
a fellow at the Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos, NM in2004.
Robert
Marchessault was born in Montreal in 1953. His early years (until
1969) were spent in the USA, (Philadelphia and Syracuse, NY). In the
late 1960s his family relocated to France before returning to Canada
in 1970 where he completed his fine arts studies at Concordia University
(Montreal). He married the Canadian painter Teresa
Cullen in 1977 and the couple settled in Toronto. There they painted
professionally from a downtown studio until building a country studio
in 1983 near Owen Sound, ON. In 1997 Marchessault completed a Master
of Arts at the University of Toronto and the couple subsequently relocated
and built two new studios close to Barrie, Ontario where they currently
reside and work.
Marchessault
continues to paint and exhibit nationally and internationally producing
several exhibitions a year. His work is avidly collected and can be
found world wide in many respected collections. The main galleries
that represent his work are located in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver,
Seattle, Santa Fe, Calgary and Edmonton.