Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (born 1905)

Paul-Émile Borduas

Canadian artist (1905–1960)

Paul-Émile Borduas was a Québécois artist known for his abstract paintings. He was the leader of the avant-garde Automatiste movement and the chief author of the Refus Global manifesto of 1948. Borduas had a profound impact on the development of the arts and of thought, both in…