Fernand Toupin

Fernand Toupin (1930, Montreal- 2009 Terrebonne) is a Québécois abstract painter best known as a member of the avant-garde movement Les Plasticiens. His work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

1954 Petit salon d'été, Librairie-galerie Tranquille, Montréal

1955 Les Plasticiens, L'Échourie, Montréal

1956 Toupin et Belzile, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Gallery XII

1956 Young sculptures, Sainte-Hélène Island, Montréal

1956 Duo exhibition, exhibition exchanges Canada/USA, Parma Gallery, New York

1958 Salon de la jeune peinture, École des beaux-arts de Montréal (winner of the first prize)

1959 Abstract Art, École des beaux-arts de Montréal

1962 Two Worlds Festival, Spoleto, Italy

1966 Canadian Art, travelling exhibit across Canada from the Sayde and Samuel Bronfman collection

1970 Quebec Pavillon, Osaka World Expo, Japan

1972 Fourth international paintings Festival, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France (winner of the national prize for Canada)

1973 Galerie Cazevane, Paris

1975 Canadian canvas, travelling exhibit of large paintings to nine Canadian museums

1976 Randall Galleries, New York

1977 Jauran et les premiers plasticiens, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

1980 Art Expo, International Art Exposition, New York Coliseum, New York

1980 Dix ans de propositions géométriques, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

1980 Randall Galleries, New York

1987 Accents de la collection Lavalin, Galerie Lavalin, Montréal

1991 Tokyo Central Museum, Japan

1992 Les Plasticiens, National Gallery of Canada / Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec / Winnipeg Art Gallery

2005 Les Plasticiens, Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal

2005 Les Plasticiens, Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke

2008 Cape Breton University Art Gallery, Sydney, Nova Scotia

2011 Quiet Mutinies: Art in Québec in the 1950s, The Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Alberta

2012 A Matter of Abstraction, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

2013 Les Plasticiens and the 1950s-1960s, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

2013 The Plasticiens and Beyond: Montreal 1955-1970, Varley Art Gallery, Markham/Unionville, Ontario

2014 Mid-Century Modern, Museum London, London, Ontario