Roger Fauteux (13 December 1923 – 29 April 2021) was a Canadian artist, who was a member of the
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
artistic dissident group
Les Automatistes
Les Automatistes were a group of Québécois artistic dissidents from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The movement was founded in the early 1940s by painter Paul-Émile Borduas. Les Automatistes were so called because they were influenced by Surrea ...
in the late 1940s. However, he was not a signatory to the group's manifesto, ''Refus global''.
Fauteux died in
Granby on April 29, 2021, at the age of 97.
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Les Automatistes
Les Automatistes were a group of Québécois artistic dissidents from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The movement was founded in the early 1940s by painter Paul-Émile Borduas. Les Automatistes were so called because they were influenced by Surrea ...
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1923 births
2021 deaths
French Quebecers
Artists from Quebec
Canadian abstract artists
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