Louis-Pierre Bougie

Louis-Pierre Bougie (16 August 1946 - 10 January 2021) was a Canadian painter and printmaker specialized in engraving and etching. He developed his knowledge of intaglio techniques at Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut in Paris, where he worked for fifteen years, and through travel and study in France, Portugal, Poland, Ireland, Finland, and New York. His work is regularly shown in Canadian, American, and European galleries, and is represented in major public and private collections, notably in Québec and New York. Bougie was considered Québec's foremost engraver for the depth and consistency of his work. He died from pneumonia. After an introduction to printmaking at École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, where he attended classes with Angèle Beaudry, Louis-Pierre Bougie studied in Paris, notably at Lacourière-Frélaut (1979–1993), Atelier Rene Tazé, and Atelier Champfleury, and in Vancouver and Montréal. Additional training in Strasbourg (1979–1982), Cracow (1980), Helsinki (2003), and Buenos Aires (2006) introduced him to a compagnonnage-like approach to the transmission of printmaking skills. 2006 - Québec artist residency, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2003 - Québec artist residency, Helsinki, Finland 1996 - Québec artist residency, New York City, United States 1992–1993 - Atelier Champfleury, Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut, and Atelier René Tazé, Paris, France, and Atelier Sagamie, Alma 1988 - Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris, France (engraving) 1984–1987 - Atelier René Tazé, Paris, France 1982–1987 - Atelier Circulaire, Montreal 1980 - Studio Lotozowska 3, Cracow, Poland 1979–1987 - Cité Internationale and Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris, France (engraving) 1979–1982 – Visiting artist, Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg (lithography); Ateliers Champfleury (lithography) and Lacourière-Frélaut, Paris, France 1975–1982- Atelier Luc Nadeau, Montréal, and Baie St-Paul 1975–1977- Atelier Arachel (lithography, etching) and Atelier Graff, Montreal 1972–1973 - Vancouver School of Art (independent student), Vancouver 1969–1972 - Atelier de Recherche Graphique, Guilde Graphiqu, Montreal 1967–1970 - École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (independent student with Angèle Beaudry) Louis-Pierre Bougie produced a considerable body of engraved and painted works that applied traditional techniques such as burin, aquatint, and chine collé to contemporary printmaking.