Biography
Angus Trudeau (1908-1984) was an Anishinaabe self-taught artist from Manitoulin Island who painted the ferryboats, lake freighters, logging camps and small community villages in and around the island.
Trudeau spent his working life as a sailor and a cook aboard Lake Huron commercial ships and painted during his spare time. Fascinated by steam ships and lake boats, he painted from memory and from his collection of old postcards and photographs of old ships. His paintings often incorporated a variety of media, including collage, and are lively and vivid in sensibility.
Trudeau was represented by the Isaacs Gallery and had solo shows in 1976, 1978 and 1980. In 1986, Ian Thom organized an exhibition “Angus Trudeau’s Manitoulin” for the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, which circulated across Canada.
His work is in the public gallery collections of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, McMichael Canadian Art Collection and Art Gallery of Windsor.
Seeking Artworks by Angus Trudeau
Selected Works
Angus Trudeau
Norgoma, Georgian Bay
Angus Trudeau
Norgoma, Georgian Bay
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Panny Arnold, Spanish Company
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Georgian Bay, J. M. Loder, 1982
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Manitoulin Islands First Train, Little Current
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Bon Ami at Spanish Mills, 1909
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Wikwemikong
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Hauling Logs
Exhibitions
November 7 - November 30 - 2024
“A Collectors Survey”
Exhibition from Michael Gibson's personal collection paying tribute to some of the artists who he has had the privilege of knowing and representing over the past 4 decades.
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November 26 - December 23 - 2022
Paper ’22 @ MGG
PAPER '22 @ MGG is a lively exhibition exploring the possibilities of works on paper.
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