Claude Tousignant
Canadian, 1932
WA-00128925
Montreal, QC, Canada
Plasticien
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The Responsive Eye
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
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- Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
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- DeceasedArtsy· 85%
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Claude Tousignant is a Canadian artist. Tousignant is considered to be an important contributor to the development of geometric abstraction in Canada. He masterly used alternating values of complementary colours in innovative ways in his circle/target paintings. He was a "creative force in Montreal for over seven decades".
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