Bruno Côté (August 10, 1940 – June 30, 2010) was a Canadian landscape painter.
Biography
Bruno Côté was born in Quebec City in August 1940. His youth in a family where art held a strong significance encouraged the development of his artistic talents. He joined the family's publicity business in 1957. In 1978, he moved to Baie-Saint-Paul, where he held his first important solo exhibition. In 1980, he began to travel, painting landscapes in many different regions of Canada. Bruno Côté is represented by art galleries across Canada. Such art galleries have been for example, in the Chateau Laurier hotel of Ottawa Canada.Hollander York Art Gallery catalogues of art exhibits, Toronto Canada. In 2008, the Canadian Parliament gave Côté's painting, The Portage Trail to the Parliament of Scotland to mark the opening of the Scottish Parliament Building.
Côté died on June 30, 2010, in Baie-Saint-Paul, after prostate cancer had metastasized.Fine, Philip (August 20, 2010). "He felt, and painted, the call of the wild", The Globe and Mail, p. S8.
Public collections
Ambassade de Corée Canadian Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany American Embassy, Ottawa Centre National d'exposition Baie‑St‑Paul Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A Musée D'Art Contemporain de Montréal (collection Lavalin) Musée de Charlevoix Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Montréal United Nations, New York Scottish Parliament, Edinburg, Scotland Simon Fraser University Gallery, Vancouver Université Laval University of New Brunswick
Publications
References
Canadian Heritage A Dictionary of Canadian Artists - volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker, National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada Library and Archives Canada
External links official website of Bruno Côté art gallery representing Bruno Côté