In 2021, the MIANM acquired with great pleasure the artistic background of Mercédès Massé, a collection revealing the career of this naive Quebec painter. Comprising numerous works of religious inspiration and quantity of scenes of daily life, this set takes us to the countryside of Quebec to the gates of paradise.
Atmo Zakes is a German-born painter who grew up amidst the post-war ruins of her hometown of Berlin, where her parents came to resettle in 1945. She was 6 years old at that time from whom she keeps several joyful memories. It was these memories that inspired her a few years ago to produce the series of works presented. Produced in a resolutely naive style, these works speak volumes about the adaptability of young people.
Beginning in 1976, Sylvie Gélineau is a Montreal artist who has enjoyed great success over the 21 years of her career as a painter. She exhibited in Montreal, Toronto, Paris and Switzerland, before putting aside her pencils and brushes in 1997 to devote herself to her children and to music. As part of a retrospective, it will be possible to follow the evolution that led her from a resolutely naive whimsical painting to one of the most realistic renderings at the end of her career.
Participants in the MIANM painting workshops exhibit their works.