Description
Rebel and revolutionary, Yves Gaucher (1934–2000) was expelled from school twice, yet went on to become one of Canada’s foremost abstract painters of the second half of the twentieth century. A jazz musician and aspiring radio announcer, Gaucher developed an earnest interest in art only after a visit to Arthur Lismer, a founding member of the Group of Seven. The tough teacher inspired Gaucher to take his art seriously, and for the rest of his life Gaucher pursued his abstract style with relentless self-criticism and uncommon clarity.
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