janine leroux-guillaume

Born in 1927 in Saint-Hermas (now Mirabel), Quebec, Janine Leroux-Guillaume became a major figure in Canadian contemporary printmaking. She trained at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal under renowned masters such as Albert Dumouchel and Alfred Pellan, graduating in 1954. In 1959, she travelled to Paris to work at the prestigious Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut, producing large-scale etchings and mezzotints from the late 1950s through the early 2000s. A dedicated teacher, she taught engraving and plastic arts at institutions including the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, UQAM, Université du Québec à Hull, and Cégep du Vieux-Montréal from the 1950s to the 1980s. Her work was exhibited in Canada, the United States, and Europe, and is held in major public collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. She passed away in Montreal in January 2018, shortly after the opening of a retrospective at the Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne.