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Tonnancour had a long and active career as an artist, moving between representational and abstract approaches; producing paintings, sculptures, collages and photographs at various points in his career. His work is included many public collections including the
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in 1937 but after three years left as he found the teaching too conservative. He admired the work of
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Godefroy de Tonnancour was born on 3 January 1917 in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at the
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Tonnancour died on 13 January 2005, aged 88, in Montreal, Quebec.
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Place-Saint-Henri station – sculpture by
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