Born July 24, 1921 in Saint-Éleuthère in Kamouraska, Jean-Marc Blier moved to Montreal in 1929 when his father opened a cabinet-making workshop there. First working in his father’s studio, it was renowned sculptor Alfred Laliberté who recommended that he enroll in the School of Fine Arts where he learned drawing and painting.
In the early 1950s, Jean-Marc Blier exhibited at the Spring Show, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Montreal Arts Club and the Palais Montcalm in Quebec. He then took over from his father in the cabinetmaking workshop. Blier sold the family business in 1969 in order to get back to painting. In 1970, he offered an exhibition at the Center d’Art du Mont-Royal. Several will then follow one another at the rate of three or four per year and will take him across the country. Blier then also participates in books, articles, interviews, courses, and others.
Jean-Marc Blier set up his workshop as his residence in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville in the 1970s, at the foot of Mont Saint-Bruno. With the lure of nature permeating his style, Blier worked in an inspiring setting that would mark his most successful years artistically.
Landscape painter par excellence, Jean-Marc Blier has been able to exploit all the richness of colors offered by nature to compose works in his image. Art critic Paul Gladu says Blier’s style is part of an interpretation of Impressionist technique in Canada. Blier explores natural environments, he is inspired by the seasons and he tries to capture the beauty of the landscapes of the North Shore, the Gaspé, the Laurentians, Charlevoix. A true lover of the landscape, he often travels in these regions he loves. Her style plays with light and strong contrasts, using bright red a lot. His painting tells the details of the natural world, the wonders of water, skies, shadows.
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