Pierre Gauvreau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Gauvreau

painter and filmmaker

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1922

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 07-Apr-2011

Profession: actor, writer, painter, film director, film producer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Pierre Gauvreau (23 August 1922 – 7 April 2011) was a Québécois painter who has also worked in film and television productions.
He was born in Montreal, and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, today part of UQAM.
He eventually associated with Quebec artistic dissident group Les Automatistes and became a signatory to the Refus global artistic manifesto. Gauvreau worked in various aspects of television production during the 1950s.
He took a break from painting during the 1960s until 1975.
He continued to paint in 2005. Gauvreau died on 7 April 2011 of heart failure at the age of 88.