| "Pellan's sketches, paintings and sculptures draw their inspiration from repertories that go far back in time and he connects with trends present in all civilizations.
At times, he likes to refer to the bold projections of futurists and allows himself to be carried beyond time and out of this world.
Many of his paintings and sculptures mostly probe the unknown, the future. He searches for new substances, resine, plastic materials, metallic colors that are always more dazzling and that can show the attraction of the unimaginable.
Day after day, year after year, Pellan relives and constantly renews for his own advantage and our own, the mystery of ongoing creation, of time repealed or at a standstill, the mystery of eternity.
"Pellan, sa vie, son art, son temps". Germain Lefebvre. Editions Marcel Broquet, 1986
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| Alfred Pellan was born in Quebec city on May 16 in 1906.
In 1920, he joined l'École des Beaux-Arts de Québec where he studied for five years.
He was awarded there the first prizes in advanced studies and obtained medals in painting,
drawing, sculpture, sketch, anatomy and marketing.
Top scholar of the province of Quebec, he continued his studies in l'École Supérieure Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 1926 to 1930. After completing his scholarship, he stayed in Paris till 1940 working alone while attending the academies Grande Chaumière, Colarossi and Ranson. He came back to Canada and settled in Montreal teaching from 1943 to 1952 at l'École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. Married to Maddalena Polisenc since 1949, he returned to Paris in 1952 with a scholarship of the Royal Society of Canada. His stay lasted until 1955 and gave him the opportunity to present, under the patronage of France and Canada governments, an important exhibition of 181 works at the Musée National d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Back in Quebec, he renewed with his painting courses at the Centre d'Art de Sainte-Adèle while living in Auteuil (Laval) where he had settled in 1950. He passed away there on October 31 in 1988.
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| 1926-1930 | Province of Quebec bursary to Paris |
| 1926 | First prize in poster competition for Kiwanis, Frolics Program, Quebec |
| 1928 | First prize for painting. Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Atelier Simon |
| 1935 | Prix de peinture, Salon de l'Art mural, Paris |
| 1948 | First prize for painting, the 65th Annual Spring Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts (Art Associations of Montreal). Montreal |
| 1948 | Official representative of Canada at The Chicago Art Institute. EEUU |
| 1948 | First prize at the Province of Quebec Competition |
| 1952 | Royal Society of Canada bursary |
| 1957 | First prize canadian mural competition. City Centre Building. Montreal |
| 1957 | Member visual art panel Kingston Conference. Canada Council |
| 1958 | Senior Fellowship, Canada Council |
| 1959 | National award in painting and related arts, University of Alberta |
| 1965 | Canada Council Medal |
| 1965 | Member international jury Paris fourth biennial exhibition |
| 1967 | Order of Canada Companion |
| 1967 | Centennial Medal |
| 1969 | Honorary doctorate fine arts. Ottawa University |
| 1971 | Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, associate member, 1971. Academician, 1973 |
| 1971 | Honorary doctorate fine arts. Laval University. Quebec |
| 1971 | Honorary doctorate, laws, Sir George Williams University. Montreal |
| 1971-82 | Honorary chairman, Atelier libre de Recherches graphiques, Montréal |
| 1972 | Prize Philippe-Hébert, Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal |
| 1972 | Molson's Prize. Canada Council |
| 1974 | Honorary doctorate literature. Université de Montréal |
| 1976 | Honorary member. Vie des Arts |
| 1977 | Recipient, Diplôme d'Honneur, Canadian conference of the Arts, Vancouver |
| 1978 | Honorary committee, Rencontre des Arts et des Sciences de la Couleur, Centre québécois de la Couleur, Montréal |
| 1978 | The most Oustanding Montrealer. Fine Arts |
| 1983 | Allied Arts Award, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
| 1984 | Paul-Emile-Borduas Award |
| 1984 | Honorary member "Conseil des Artistes-peintres du Québec" |
| 1984 | Member of The Academy The most oustanding Montrealer |
| 1985 | National Order of Quebec, officer |
| 1988 | Medal AQESAP (Association québécoise des éducateurs spécialisés en art plastique |
| 1988 | Lifetime honorary member Art Gallery of Ontario |
| 1988 | Dedication of the Art Gallery. Maison des Arts de Laval |
| 1988 | Dedication of the primary school. La Commission scolaire des Mille-Illes à Auteuil, Laval a street also a few years before |
| 1988 | Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Medal posthumously |
| 1928 | "Manége militaire". 170 drawings. Québec |
| 1937 | Académie Ranson, Paris |
| 1939 | Galerie Jeanne Bucher (peintre de la galerie). Paris |
| 1940 | Musée de la Province de Québec. Québec |
| 1940 | Art Association of Montreal. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal |
| 1941 | At 3714, Jeanne-Mance Street. Montreal |
| 1942 | Galerie Bignou. New York |
| 1942 | Galerie Municipale. Québec |
| 1952 | Galerie l'Atelier, Ottawa |
| 1954 | Coq Liban. Paris |
| 1954 | Cercle Paul Valéry. Paris |
| 1955 | Rétrospective. Musée national d'Art moderne. Paris |
| 1956 | Rétrospective. Hall of Honour of the City Hall. Montréal |
| 1957 | Laing Galleries. Toronto |
| 1958 | Galerie Denyse Delrue. Montréal |
| 1960 | "Hommage à Pellan", Galerie Denyse Delrue. Montréal |
| 1960 | Robertson Galleries. Ottawa |
| 1960-1961 | Retrospective. The National Gallery of Canada, The Montreal of Fine Arts, Le Musée de la Province de Québec, The Art Gallery of Toronto |
| 1961 | Roberts Gallery. Toronto |
| 1963 | "Présence de Pellan", Galerie Libre. Montréal |
| 1964 | The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener. Ontario |
| 1964 | Sherbrooke-Art, Domaine Howard, Sherbrooke, Québec (drawings) |
| 1964 | Rodman Hall, St. Catharines and District Council, St. Catharines. Ontario |
| 1964 | Roberts Gallery. Toronto |
| 1968 | The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg |
| 1969 | "Voir Pellan", Musée d'Art Contemporain. Montréal |
| 1971 | Pellan, Costumes and decors for the theatre, Roberts Gallery. Toronto |
| 1971 | Costumes d'Alfred Pellan pour La Nuit des Rois de Shakespeare. Centre culturel canadien. Paris |
| 1972-73 | Retrospective. Musée du Québec. Québec. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The National Gallery of Canada. Montréal |
| 1972 | Ecole des Arts visuels. Université Laval. Decors and costumes for the theatre. Quebec |
| 1972 | En hommage à monsieur Alfred Pellan, decors and costumes, Galerie de Montreal |
| 1973 | Pellan exhibits prints, the Damkjar Burton Gallery., Hamilton. Ontario |
| 1976 | L'Art francais, opening of a show-room for contemporary prints (serigraphs). Montreal |
| 1977 | Hommage à Pellan by the S.A.P.Q. Galerie Signal. Montreal |
| 1980-81 | The drawings of Alfred Pellan. The National Gallery of Canada |
| 1980 | Calligrammes Gallery, silkscreens. Ottawa |
| 1982 | Bata Shoe Museum Foundation, Place Bonaventure, Montreal |
| 1983 | "La Nuit des Rois de William Shakespeare et d'Alfred Pellan", Musée d'Art de Saint-Laurent, Québec |
| 1988 | Pellan, Shakespeare. "Le peintre devenu scénographe" with the colaboration of the "Théàtre du Nouveau Monde", Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Sainte-Foye. Québec |
| 1993-94 | Retrospective. Musée du Québec. Québec. Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal. Québec |
| 1995 | "En Scène: Pellan". Maison des Arts de Laval. Québec |
| 1996-1998 | "Le Bestiaire: les animaux imaginaires de Pellan". Musée du Québec. Québec |
| Agnès Etherington Art Centre, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario |
| Art Bank. Canada Council |
| Art Gallery of Edmonton, Alberta |
| Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario |
| Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto |
| Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario |
| Bata Shoe Museum Foundation, Toronto |
| Collection C.I.L. |
| Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax |
| Esso Resources |
| Fédération des Caisses populaires Desjardins |
| Hydro-Québec |
| Imperiale Oil |
| Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Nouveau Brunswick |
| Laurentienne |
| Lavalin |
| Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Nouveau Brunswick |
| Loto-Québec |
| Montreal Contemporary Art Museum |
| Montreal Fine Arts Museum |
| Musée de Grenoble, France |
| Musée de Joliette. Quebec |
| Musée national d'Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris |
| Musée du Québec |
| Musée du Séminaire de Québec |
| National Bank of Canada |
| National Gallery of Canada |
| National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ottawa, Ontario |
| Royal Bank of Canada |
| Sir George Williams Art Galleries, Concordia University, Montreal |
| Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia |
| Wellesley College Museum, Philadelphia, U.S.A. |
| Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba |
| 1943 | Canadian Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (painting) |
| 1945 | Tetrault Shoe Ltd. Montreal (painting) |
| 1950 | Late Mr. Jean Desy, Canada (fluorescent painting) |
| 1957 | City Center Building, Montreal (mosaic) |
| 1957 | Ecole Saint-Patrice, Granby, Quebec (mosaic) |
| 1960 | Ecole Secondaire Immaculée-Conception, Granby, Quebec (ceramic) |
| 1962 | Three murals for the Mirons, Montreal (ceramic and mosaic) |
| 1963 | Winnipeg Airport (painting) |
| 1963 | La Place des arts, Montreal (stained glass) |
| 1964 | Church Saint-Theophile de Laval-Ouest (stained glass) |
| 1968 | The National Library and Archives. Ottawa (painting) |
| 1969 | Polychromy of buildings. Vermont Construction Inc., Laval, Jacques Vincent, architect |
| 1970 | "Jardin d'Olivia", 7' x 14', Atelier de Tapisserie Haute-Lisse (tapestry) for the Musée du Québec |
| 1998 | Mini-Bestiaire #22, realized in painted bronze, scale: 1,50 x 3,00m., exhibited permanently in the garden of the Musée du Québec |
| 1943 | Maurice Gagnon; Pellan, L'Arbre, 56 pages, Montreal |
| 1945 | Cinquante Dessins d'Alfred Pellan, Editions Lucien Parizeau, 58 pages, Montreal |
| 1961 | Georges Francon: Alfred Pellan, black and white film, 28mm 25s, Société Radio-Canada |
| 1961 | National Gallery of Canada: film strip with manual. National Film Board of Canada. Ottawa |
| 1962 | Donald W. Buchanan: Alfred Pellan, McClelland & Stewart, 48 pages, Toronto |
| 1963 | Guy Robert: Pellan, Editions du C.P.P., 136 pages, Montreal |
| 1969 | Louis Portugais: "Voir Pellan", 35mm, ektachrome film, 19mm 42s, National Film Board. Montreal |
| 1971 | Les Editions Yvan Boulerice: 560 colour slides with catalogue, Montreal |
| 1972 | Bibliothèque nationale du Québec: "A. Pellan et son oeuvre", Four microfilms on his newspaper cuttings, articles from magazines and documentation on works. Montreal |
| 1973 | Germain Lefebvre: Pellan, Les Editions de l'Homme, Montreal. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 159 pages |
| 1980 | Reesa Greenberg: The drawings of Alfred Pellan, 150 pages, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
| 1986 | André Gladu: Pellan, colour film, 16mm. 72mn. Les Films Vision 4 Inc., Montreal |
| 1986 | Germain Lefebvre: Pellan, Editions Marcel Broquet, 216 pages, La Prairie, Quebec |
| 1993 | Alfred Pellan: Musée du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal, Les Publications du Québec, 317 pages |
| 1998 | Sonia Sarfati: "Le Cueilleur d'Histoites", a story inpired by Pellan's Mini-Bestiares, Editions du Musée du Québec |
| 1944-45 | Madeleine et Pierre d'André Audet. Costumes, settings, properties by Pellan at The Monument National. Montreal |
| 1946 | Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. Costumes, settings, properties and make-ups by Pellan. Les Compagnons de Saint-Laurent on the stage of the Gésu. Montreal |
| 1957 | Design of a courtain for the Montreal Theatre Ballet |
| 1968-69 | Nuit des Rois by Shakespeare, revival of Twelfth Night by the T.N.M., Port Royal Theatre, Place des Arts, Montreal |