Pierre Gauvreau

Who was Pierre Gauvreau?

Pierre Gauvreau was a Québécois painter who has also worked in film and television productions.

He was born in Montreal, and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, today part of UQAM. He eventually associated with Quebec artistic dissident group Les Automatistes and became a signatory to the Refus global artistic manifesto.

Gauvreau worked in various aspects of television production during the 1950s. He took a break from painting during the 1960s until 1975. He continued to paint in 2005.

Gauvreau died on 7 April 2011 of heart failure at the age of 88.