Gaby - Maître du portrait based on the work of Gabriel Desmarais
Gaby - Maître du portrait based on the work of Gabriel Desmarais on the Promenade des artistes, 2014
Production type
- Exhibition
Installation date
September 15th, 2014
This exhibition showcases the work of Québécois photographer Gabriel Desmarais. From the 1940s through 1980s, he immortalized countless famous people, from Louis Armstrong to Félix Leclerc, from Dominique Michel to Jayne Mansfield… These extra-large prints of his portraits take viewers back in time.
Credits
This exhibition is presented by BAnQ and the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership. The pictures are from the Fonds d’archives Gebriel Desmarais, conserved at the BAnQ Vieux-Montréal, and the personal reserve of Donald Desmarais, son of Gaby.