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Canadian paper artist (1936–2020)

Claude Lafortune
Lafortune in 2012
Born	5 July 1936 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	19 April 2020(2020-04-19) (aged 83) Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Artist

Claude Lafortune (5 July 1936 – 19 April 2020) was a Canadian paper artist, set decorator, and television personality.

Biography

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. The exhibition has traveled to Longueuil, Montreal, Terrebonne, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Lachine, Chicoutimi, Bonaventure, La Malbaie, and New Brunswick.

Lafortune died in Longueuil, Quebec, aged 83, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

He is the subject of Tanya Lapointe's 2020 documentary film The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier).

Prix du meilleur décor at the Festival d'Art Dramatique de Montréal (1965)
Prix Alvine-Bélisle (1977-1978)
Prix de littérature de jeunesse of the Canada Council (1977)
Prix Anik of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1978)
The International Association of Printing House Craftsmen Prize (1982)
Prize of the Association Nationale des téléspectateurs (1982)
Prix de reconnaissance de l'Office des communications sociales pour l'ensemble de l'œuvre d'une personne à la télévision religieuse (1988)
Prix d'excellence de l'Alliance pour l'enfant et la télévision (1992)
Prix Gémeaux of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (1994)
Prix spécial de l'Alliance pour l'enfant et la télévision pour le couronnement d'une carrière (1995)
Prix Paul-Blouin of Ici Radio-Canada Télé (2000)
Trophée le Masque, La très belle histoire de Noël (2002)
Prix Citoyen d'exception of the City of Longueuil (2016)
Docteur honoris causa from the Université du Québec à Montréal
Gold Medal of the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (2018)

La Ribouldingue (1968–1971)
Sol et Gobelet (1968–1971)
Du soleil à cinq cents (1973–1976)
L'Évangile en papier (1975–1976)
La Bible en papier (1976–1977)
Es-tu d'accord? (1976–1977)
L'Église en papier (1977–1978)
Québékio (since 1980)
La souris verte
Nicole et Pierre (1986–1988)
Parcelles de soleil (1988–2000)

"L'animateur Claude Lafortune décède des suites de la COVID-19". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). 19 April 2020.
"Colle, papier, ciseaux". Société des Musées du Québec (in French). Archived from the original on 14 May 2019.
"Colle, Papier, Ciseaux". Musée des Religions du Monde (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
Scali, Dominique (19 April 2020). "L'animateur Claude Lafortune décède des suites de la COVID-19". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
Marc-André Lussier [fr], "Hommage à l'idole de jeunesse Claude Lafortune". La Presse, December 7, 2020.
"Claude Lafortune". Le coffre aux souvenirs (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
"L'artiste visuel Claude Lafortune recevra un doctorat honoris causa de l'UQAM". Le Lézard (in French). 13 May 2019.
"Claude Lafortune, le magicien du papier". Radio-Canada (in French). 13 May 2019.
"Une vie de papier". LaFabriqueCulturelle.tv (in French). 28 March 2018.

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