Fernand Préfontaine

Fernand Préfontaine (January 18, 1888 — January 10, 1949) was a Canadian architect, photographer, and art critic.[1] Born in Montreal, Quebec, he completed his degree in architecture at the Polytechnique Montréal at the Université de Montréal in 1911.[2] In 1918 he co-founded the progressive arts magazine Le Nigog with pianist and composer Léo-Pol Morin and writer Robert de Roquebrune.[3] He pursued further studies in Paris, arriving there in 1919, at the École des Beaux-Arts and the École du Louvre; earning degrees in art history and archaeology.[4]

Fernand Préfontaine

He worked as an architect in Montreal and died there in 1949.[4]

References
  1. Paul-Louis Martin (1999). À la façon du temps présent : trois siècles d'architecture populaire au Québec. Les Presses de L'Universite Laval. p. 378. ISBN 9782763776651.
  2. Marie-Thérèse Lefebvrel (2015). "La bibliothèque du Nigog : analyse du cadre référentiel des auteurs de la revue". Les Cahiers des dix (69): 177–214. doi:10.7202/1035600ar.
  3. Bernadette Guilmette, Armand Guilmette (December 3, 2012). Le Nigog. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. Robert George Hill (2009). Prefontaine, Fernand. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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