Claude Tousignant
Claude Tousignant | |
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| Born | December 23, 1932 |
| Education | School of Art and Design at the MBAM |
| Known for | Painter, Sculptor |
| Notable work | "Chromatic accelerator" series |
| Movement | Plasticiens, Tachism |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Canada Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts |
Claude Tousignant OC RCA (born December 23, 1932, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian artist. Tousignant is considered to be an important contributor to the development of geometric abstraction in Canada. He masterly used alternating values of complementary colours in innovative ways in his circle/target paintings. He was a "creative force in Montreal for over seven decades".