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13-1124: Plamondon may refer to: People with the surname [ edit ] Antoine Plamondon ( c.  1804 –1895), Canadian artist Bob Plamondon (born 1957), Canadian portrait painter Charles Plamondon (born 1961), Canadian biathlete Crystal Plamondon (born 1963), Canadian country music singer Gerry Plamondon (1924–2019), Canadian ice hockey player Huguette Plamondon (1926–2010), Canadian trade unionist Louis Plamondon (born 1943), Canadian politician Louis Plamondon (lawyer) (1785–1828), lawyer and militia officer in Lower Canada Luc Plamondon (born 1942), Canadian musician Madeleine Plamondon (born 1931), Canadian senator and consumer advocate Marc-Aurèle Plamondon (1823–1900), Canadian judge Marius Plamondon (1914–1976), Canadian sculptor and stained glass artist Pascal Plamondon (born 1992), Canadian weightlifter Pun Plamondon (born 1945), American activist Places [ edit ] Plamondon, Alberta ,

26-620: A brother and sister had lived with him for years. He was a lifelong monarchist and supporter of the Conservative Party, a friend of Sir George-Étienne Cartier and Sir Étienne Taché . He broke with the Conservatives over their execution in 1885 of Louis Riel , a Métis who fought for the rights of his people in Canada. They had developed as a separate ethnic culture, descended from indigenous, French and English peoples. At

39-535: A brother, and a sister. He lived there for the remainder of his life. Much of his work during this period continued to be religious paintings, copies of Old Masters, commissioned by local churches. Plamondon's self-portrait of 1882 was probably his last work. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . Plamondon never married. He died in Neuville in 1895, where his mother, and

52-744: A hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada Plamondon Bay , a body of water in the western part of the Gouin Reservoir in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada Plamondon Creek , a tributary of the Gouin Reservoir in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada Plamondon River , a tributary of the Harricana River , mostly in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Quebec, Canada Plamondon station , of the Montreal Metro Topics referred to by

65-660: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Antoine Plamondon Antoine-Sébastien Plamondon RCA ( c.  1804 – 1895) was an artist in Quebec, who painted mainly portraits and religious images, the latter commissioned primarily by churches in and around Quebec City. As a young man, he had traveled to France and studied painting in Paris for four years, with such portraitists as Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin . Plamondon

78-523: Is now the Gare du Palais . In the first half of the 19th century, Saint-Roch was a shipbuilding site. Later, the district saw the development of retail and manufacturing activity. From the mid-19th century to the 1960s, rue Saint-Joseph was the main commercial street in Quebec City. Part of the street was covered with a roof of concrete and plexiglass in 1974. The decision to progressively demolish

91-405: The area of Saint-Roch, were demolished in 1972 to make way for an overpass of highway 440 ( Dufferin-Montmorency segment), as a way to accommodate the post-Second World War suburban expansion and automobile use. The empty lot on which the concrete pillars were built was used for public art, and later for illegal graffiti and authorized large-scale trompe-l'œil murals . This unofficial area

104-435: The roof (and thus the mall) was taken in the 1990s, and the destruction was completed in 2007. During the second half of the 20th century, the district fell into decline and was considered the most deprived in the city. However, Since 2000, $ 380 million have been invested in the district to renovate and reconstruct most of the buildings in rue Saint-Joseph. Many working-class residential buildings, representing one tenth of

117-506: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Plamondon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plamondon&oldid=1161153102 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

130-657: The summer of 1830, Plamondon returned from France to Quebec. Paris had become unstable in the days of the July Revolution , which resulted in the downfall of the main Bourbon line and installation of Louis-Philippe of France as "King of the French". In Quebec he specialized in portraits of living subjects. He also did religious paintings (commissioned by various churches and religious orders around Quebec City ), generally based on engravings of Old Masters of Europe, which

143-526: The time of Riel's leadership, they were concentrated in the Red River area. The Métis are now formally recognized as a First Nation by the national government. Saint-Roch, Quebec City Saint-Roch was first settled in 1620 by the Recollects , who built a small church dedicated to Saint Roch . Today the Église Saint-Roch is the largest in Quebec City. Later, a few houses were built near what

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156-399: Was a common practice among artists of his time. His portraits were notable for his full-face, close-up, and tightly composed style, as well as representations of the latest styles of clothing. His later portraits showed more roundness in the modelling and far more space in the composition. By 1850 Plamondon had moved several miles upriver to the country at Neuville , with his widowed mother,

169-552: Was born in 1804 (or 1802) at L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec , the son of the village grocer and his wife. He had at least two siblings. He went to school in Saint-Roch , a suburb of Quebec City , after which he was apprenticed to Joseph Légaré (1795–1855), a picture restorer and amateur painter. In 1826 at the age of 22, Plamondon travelled to Paris, where he studied with classical portraitists such as Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (1783–1855). Works from this period are scarce. In

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