Leduc, Ozias National Historic Person

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Helen (née Thomson) Wait © Musée McCord Museum / Ozias Leduc / M999.58.1
"Étude pour La Sainte Famille" ca. 1942
© Musée McCord Museum / Ozias Leduc / M999.58.1
 © Archives du Séminaire de Trois-Rivières, Fonds Albert Tessier, cote: 0014-P2-34a-67 | Trois-Rivières Seminary's Archives, Albert Tessier Fonds, cote: 0014-P2-34a-67Gift of Mrs. Margaret Helen (née Thomson) Wait © Musée McCord Museum / Ozias Leduc / M999.58.1Gift of Mme Simone Leduc Lamy for the Estate of Mme Gertrude Leduc © Musée McCord Museum / Ozias Leduc / M2004.109.2
Address : 272 Ozias-Leduc Road, Domaine Ozias Leduc, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2017-07-20
Life Date: 1864 to 1955

Other Name(s):
  • Leduc, Ozias (1864-1955)  (Designation Name)
  • Leduc, Ozias  (Historic Name)
Research Report Number: 2015-03

Importance: Renowned painter of religious art

Plaque(s)


Existing plaque:  272 Ozias-Leduc Road, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

Prolific church decorator and easel painter, Ozias Leduc produced some of the most evocative paintings in Canadian art. He found inspiration in late-19th-century Symbolism and in his immediate surroundings in Saint-Hilaire, where he was born. His mastery of colour and light transcends mere representation, enveloping his religious themes, still lifes, portraits, and landscapes in a spiritual light. Ozias Leduc had a profound impact on Québécois and Canadian painting in the 20th century, influencing, in particular, the works of artists Paul-Émile Borduas, Jean-Paul Riopelle, and other Automatistes.