Claude Lafortune (5 July 1936 – 19 April 2020) was a Canadian paper artist, set decorator, and television personality.[1]
Claude Lafortune | |
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Born | 5 July 1936 |
Died | 19 April 2020 Longueuil, Quebec, Canada | (aged 83)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Artist |
A graduate of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, Lafortune collaborated on many graphic design projects before he became famous for his paper art.
He had an exhibit devoted to his paper art work—titled Colle, papier, ciseaux—at the Musée des cultures du monde in Nicolet, Quebec.[2] The exhibition has traveled to Longueuil, Montreal, Terrebonne, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Lachine, Chicoutimi, Bonaventure, La Malbaie, and New Brunswick.[3]
Lafortune died in Longueuil, Quebec, aged 83, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[4]
He is the subject of Tanya Lapointe's 2020 documentary film The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier).[5]