Biography of Solange LEGENDRE

BIOGRAPHY

Solange Legendre was born in Montreal in 1929. She graduated from l'Ecole des beaux- arts de Montréal having studied drawing, print making and painting. She also studied painting with Stanley Cosgrove. In Paris she studied at the Ecole des beaux-arts de Paris and at the Ranson Academy from 1952 to 1956, eventually terminating her studies with a specialization in costume and set design at l'Ecole des arts décoratifs.

For thirty years Solange worked as a costume designer at Radio-Canada. In 1981 she received the prix Anik for best costume design for the production "The Cricket of the Hearth", by Charles Dickens. She also worked with most of the theatre companies in Montreal during this time.

Parallel to her designing career, Solange was a dedicated teacher. From 1960 to 1969 she taught costume design at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. In 1966 she was in charge of costume creation for the National Theatre School. From 1967 to 1969, she also taught at the Dramatic Arts Studio of the Collège Sainte-Marie. From 1970 to 1974 she worked in the theatre-study section of the Université du Québec à Montréal.

In 1984, sickness forced Solange to abruptly terminate all of these activities. She died in St-Jerôme May 18th, 2004 at the age of 74.

EXHIBITIONS

1947 à 1952      Expositions annuelles de l'École des beaux-arts de Montréal.

1950-1951-1952     Salon annuel du printemps, Montréal.

1951     Society of Canadian painters-etchers & engravers at The Royal Ontario Museum.           

1953          166e exposition officielle des beaux-arts. Salon du Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées.

1954     167e exposition officielle des beaux-arts. Salon du Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées.

Les jeunes artistes canadiens à Paris. Maison canadienne, 31 boul. Jourdan.

70e Salon de l’Union des femmes peintres et sculpteurs.  Musée des beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris.

Salon de l’Art libre. Palais des beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris.

1955     168e exposition officielle des beaux-arts. Salon du Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées.

Exposition des toiles sélectionnées du Grand Prix de peinture France-Algérie, Alger. Reçoit le 2e prix décerné par le Syndicat des journalistes et écrivains français.

               Etchings & lithographs, Théâtre Anjou.

2006     To be 20 in Paris in 1950, Galerie Valentin, Montreal