La Nativité – André Jasmin

André JASMIN (1922-2022) – lithograph, signées et numérotées à mine, mesurant 10.25×6.5 pouces

Born in Montreal, André Jasmin was a painter, printmaker and draughtsman. He received his bachelor from the University of Montreal and then studied two years at l’Ecole du Meuble under Borduas, Pellan, Maurice Gagnon (art history) and Parizeau (architecture).

He was associated with the Sagittaire group in Montreal in 1943.

He became active in the field of costume and set designing and did costumes and set designs for “Les Compagnons” of Montreal who presented Les fourberies de Scapin in New York City in 1945. He also designed costumes and sets for two Canadian ballets: La Gaspésienne and Papotages for the Ruth Sorel Company.

He is respected not only as a serious painter but as a teacher. He was Professor of Art History at the Ecole des beaux-arts of Montreal in 1959-69 and at Uqam from 1969 to 1987. He gave a series of galleries talks at the National Gallery of Canada on Cézanne, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Chagall, Bonnard, Pellan, Borduas, and Riopelle.