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Bruce Le Dain
 Lumières Printenières, Rive Sud, QueSize: 16x12 Medium: Oil on Canvas |  Abbaye Cistercienne La Trappe D'Oka, Que.Size: 12x8 Medium: Oil on Board |  March in Wolfe County Que.Size: 12x8 Medium: Oil on Canvas |
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 Petite Rivière Saint François, Charlevoix, Que.Size: 12x8 Medium: Oil on Canvas |  Winter Bound, Farmstead, QuebecSize: 16x12 Medium: Oil on Board |  Twilight, Near Stanstead, Que.Size: 12x16 Medium: Oil on Canvas |
 Sunrise, Fog Lifting, Jericho Bay, Deer Isle, MaineSize: 18x28 Medium: Oil on Canvas |  St. James Street Montreal, Que.Size: 32x24 Medium: Oil on Board |  Reflection In The PondSize: 12x18 Medium: Oil on Canvas |
 Melting Point, Charlevoix, QuebecSize: 16x24 Medium: Oil on Canvas |  On the Road to Saint AnacletSize: 12x20 Medium: Oil on Canvas |  On The Edge Of Winter, MontrealSize: 12x18 Medium: Oil on Board |
 October Morning, Manitoulin IslandSize: 12x20 Medium: Oil on Board |  Morning Light, Deer Isle, MaineSize: 12x20 Medium: Oil on Canvas |  October Light, Gatineau County, Que.Size: 28x20 Medium: Oil on Board |
 March impressions, Manitoulin island, OntSize: 12x16 Medium: Oil on Board |  Logging Trail Charlevoix, Que.Size: 16x20 Medium: Oil on Board |  Gunning Cove, Nova ScotiaSize: 12x16 Medium: Oil on Canvas |
 Late Afternoon Near Saint Valerian Bas St. Laurent, QueSize: 12x16 Medium: Oil on Board |  (The MartIn Place) Near Tehkummah, Manitoulin Island, Ont.Size: 12x18 Medium: Oil on Board |  Farmstead Cap Bon Desir, Que.Size: 16x20 Medium: Oil on Board |
 Farmhouse In Late Spring, Wolfe Country, QuebecSize: 12x18 Medium: Oil on Canvas |  After The Rain, Davidson Side Road, Manitoulin Island, Ont.Size: 12x16 Medium: Oil on Canvas |  Farmland In La Prairie, Que.Size: 12x18 Medium: Oil on Canvas |
 Rang 6, Chemin Lessard, Wolfe County Que.Size: 14x20 Medium: Oil on Board SOLD |  Rushing Water, Rimouski, QuebecSize: 12 x 16 Medium: Oil on Canvas SOLD |  Spring Break Up, Pointe Au Pere, Bas St. Laurent, QueSize: 16x20 Medium: Oil on Board SOLD |
 January Thaw, Val Des Lacs, Que.Size: 12x16 Medium: Oil on Canvas SOLD |  Sundown, Spindler Cove, Feltzen South, Nova ScotiaSize: 14x20 Medium: Oil on Canvas SOLD |  Late Afternoon Light, Canton D'Ascot, The TownshipsSize: 18x12 Medium: Oil on Board SOLD |
 Second Peninsula, Lunenburg, Nova ScotiaSize: 12x16 Medium: Oil on Canvas SOLD |  Sundown, Arthabaska, Que.Size: 14x20 Medium: Oil on Canvas SOLD |
Artist's Biography
(1928-2000)
An affirmed artist who could bring life to the pictures he painted with the love and enthusiasm of Canada. Born in 1928, Bruce Le Dain continues to live through his beautiful works of art. With his picturesque landscapes he gives off this air of experience that is rarely found. Taking his inspiration from the quiet countryside he gives of this feeling of calm and stillness. From an early age he participated in the International Childrens Art Exhibition in 1936, and by 1946 he enrolled in the Sir George Williams University to put his passion to the test. 3 years later his work was accepted at the Montreal Museum of fine arts Spring show from 1949 to 1953. From then on he has been labeled a legend amongst other greats as A.Y. Jackson and Tom Thompson (which being his major influences). His minimal detail perfectly purveys the lands in which he lived, with beautiful shore scapes to wet your palette. Bruce Le Dain was and still will be a major influence in the times to come.
Accomplishments
1936 Participant of the International Children Art exhibition
1946 Enrolled in the Sir George Williams University
1948-53 Montreal Museum of Fine Art - Spring Exhibition
1953 Art Director for Odhams Press, London, England
1953-57 Art Director for Mathers and Crowther’s (Creative Department)
1958 Art and Creative Director for McKim Advertising
1959 Socrates Award, USA for Best Advertisement
1961 The Canadian Photographer Magazine Award for Art Direction
1962 Socrates Award, USA for Best Advertisement
1964 Art Director’s Club of New York Award of Merit
1965-66 The Graphica Award of Merit
1966 Participant in the Royal Canadian Academy 87th Annual Exhibition
1967 Participant at the International World Exposition
1968 American Television & Radio Commercial Festival Best Award and Art Direction Prize.
1968+71 The Graphica Award of Merit
1984 Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1989 The Bruce Le Dain Park Dedication
1989 Award of Merit from the Secretary of State of Canada
1991 Elected 25th President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts