École des beaux-arts de Montréal explained

École des beaux-arts de Montréal (The School of Fine Arts in Montreal; EBAM) was an educational institution founded in Quebec in 1922. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society was instrumental in its creation. Its former Sherbrooke Street building now houses the .

Faculty of the school include Edwin Holgate as well as Academy Award-winning animator and painter Frédéric Back, who taught there briefly prior to joining Radio-Canada.^[1]

The building was completed in 1922 as the Commercial & Technical High School, designed by Montreal architect Jean-Omer Marchand, and is located at 3450 Saint Urbain Street (at Sherbrooke Street) in Montreal.^[2]

In 1969, the school was incorporated into the Faculty of the Arts of the University of Quebec at Montreal.

Notable alumni

• Jean L Auger
  • • Micheline Beauchemin Paul-Émile Borduas Ghitta Caiserman-Roth^[3]
• John Alton Collins
• Jacques Drouin^[4]
  • Pierre Granche Sylvia Lefkovitz
• Enid Legros-Wise
• Jean Paul Lemieux
• Anna McGarrigle (1964–1968)^[5]
• Anne Isabelle McQuire (1921–2006)
  • • Guido Molinari Claude Roussel Armand Vaillancourt

External links

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Notes and References

1. News: Montrealer Frédéric Back won Oscars for animated films. Hustak. Alan. The Globe and Mail. 26 January 2014. 27 January 2014.
2. Web site: FICHE DU BÂTIMENT. Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal. City of Montreal. 27 January 2014.
3. "Caiserman-Roth, Ghitta" in Elizabeth Sleeman, ed., The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (2002), p. 86
4. Web site: Drouin, Jacques. NFB Profiles. National Film Board of Canada. 19 July 2012.
5. Book: McGarrigle, Anna & Jane . 2015 . Mountain City Girls . Canada . Penguin Random House . 978-0-345-81402-9.