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Canadian artist
Claude Lafortune
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Canadian artist
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Montreal, Canada
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Place of death
Longueuil, Canada
Age
83 years
Education
École des beaux-arts de Montréal
Notable Works
L'Évangile en papier
Awards
Médaille du lieutenant-gouverneur
(2018)
doctor honoris causa
(2019)
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Biography
Claude Lafortune (5 July 1936 – 19 April 2020) was a Canadian paper artist, set decorator and TV personality.
Biography
A graduate of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, Lafortune collaborated on many graphic design projects before he became famous for his paper art.
He has an exhibit devoted to his paper art work—titled Colle, papier, ciseaux—at the Musée des cultures du monde in Nicolet, Quebec. The exhibition has traveled to Longueuil, Montreal, Terrebonne, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Lachine, Chicoutimi, Bonaventure, La Malbaie and New Brunswick.
Prizes
- Prix du meilleur décor at the Festival d'Art Dramatique de Montréal (1965)
- Prix Alvine-Bélisle (1977-1978)
- Prix de littérature de jeunesse of the Canada Council (1977)
- Prix Anik of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1978)
- The International Association of Printing House Craftsmen Prize (1982)
- Prize of the Association Nationale des téléspectateurs (1982)
- Prix de reconnaissance de l'Office des communications sociales pour l'ensemble de l'œuvre d'une personne à la télévision religieuse (1988)
- Prix d'excellence de l'Alliance pour l'enfant et la télévision (1992)
- Prix Gémeaux of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (1994)
- Prix spécial de l'Alliance pour l'enfant et la télévision pour le couronnement d'une carrière (1995)
- Prix Paul-Blouin ofIci Radio-Canada Télé (2000)
- Trophée le Masque, La très belle histoire de Noël (2002)
- Prix Citoyen d'exception of the City of Longueuil (2016)
- Docteur honoris causa from the Université du Québec à Montréal
- Gold Medal of the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (2018)
TV show appearances
- La Ribouldingue (1968–1971)
- Sol et Gobelet (1968–1971)
- Du soleil à cinq cents (1973–1976)
- L'Évangile en paper (1975–1976)
- La Bible en papier (1976–1977)
- Es-tu d'accord? (1976–1977)
- L'Église en papier (1977–1978)
- Québékio (since 1980)
- La souris verte
- Nicole et Pierre (1986–1988)
- Parcelles de soleil (1988–2000)
Film appearances
IXE-13
Stage theater appearances
- Naïves Hirondelles (1965)
- Ballade pour un Révolutionnaire (1965)
- La grosse tête (1969)
- La très belle histoire de Noël (2001–2006)
- Don Quichotte (2009)
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Notable Canadian Television presenters
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Canadian Artists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Canadian Sculptors
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Canadian Fashion designers
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Canadian Costume designers
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