biography of Francesco IACURTO (1908-2001)

Birth place: Montreal, PQ

Addresses: Quebec 10, PQ

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: Fine Arts School Montreal; Acad. de la Grande Chaumière & Colarossi, Paris (govt. scholarship); also with Charles Maillard, Ed. Dyonnet, John Y. Johnstone.

Exhibited: Royal Canadian Acad., Toronto, Ont., 1948 & 1951 & Montreal, 1960; Spring Exhib., Montreal MA, 1952-53; Klincoff, Montreal, PQ, 1970s. Awards: first medal for art, 1928 & scholarship to Europe, 1929, Govt. PQ; silver medal, Ministry Exterior, France, 1929.

Member: Assoc. Royal Can. Acad. Arts; Soc. Artists Professionels Quebec; Independent AA

Work: Prov. Mus. Quebec; Canadian House, London, England; House of Senate, Ottawa, Ont.; Rideau Hall, Gov. Gen. Can.; Klincoff Gallery, Montreal. Commissions: portraits, Lord Rothermere & Lord Cromer, England, 1953; portraits, Price Bros. & Anglo Paper Quebec, 1963; fall landscapes, Bank Montreal, London, 1971; painting, Janin Construction, Quebec, 1971; pastel, Can. Govt., Ottawa, 1971.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, pastels, charcoal, watercolors. Teaching: drawing instr., Catholic School Commission, 1929-33; drawing instr., Art & Trades Montreal, 1929-38; painting instr., Library Ste. Foy, PQ, 1966-.