Alan Glass
Alan Glass (30 June 1932 – 16 January 2023) was a Canadian multidisciplinary artist and teacher.
Alan Glass

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- Name
- Alan Glass
- Born
- 30 June 1932
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- 16 January 2023
- Place of death
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Occupation
- Artist Teacher
- Education
- École des beaux-arts de Montréal
- Nationality
- Canada · Mexico
- Fields
- mixed media
- Languages
- Spanish
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Biography
Biography
Alan Glass studied at École des beaux-arts de Montréal. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is mixed media. Work by Alan Glass is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery and Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Alan Glass • Born — 30 June 1932 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Died — 16 January 2023 • Place of death — Mexico City, Mexico • Occupation — Artist Teacher • Education — École des beaux-arts de Montréal
Biography
Biography
Born in Montreal on 30 June 1932, Glass studied at the École beaux-arts de Montréal from 1949 and 1952 and worked in the studio of Alfred Pellan. He received a scholarship from the French government in 1952 and lived in Paris while traveling through Central Europe and the Middle East. During this time, he exhibited at the Galerie Le Terrain Vague, where he met André Breton. From 1968 to 1969, he journeyed through India and Nepal, particularly in the state of Sikkim. In 1962, he first traveled to Mexico. In the 1970s, he began living through Mexico and Quebec. Glass died in Mexico City on 16 January 2023, at the age of 90.
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Alan Glass lived from 30 June 1932 to 16 January 2023 and was an artist and object artist. The birth of Alan Glass is recorded on 30 June 1932 in Montréal, and the death on 16 January 2023 in Mexiko.
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
• Galerie Le Terrain vague (1958) • Galerie du Siècle (1965) • Galerie Antonio Souza (1972) • Galerie de Montréal (1972) • Musée d'art moderne de Mexico (1976) • Galerie Gilles Corbeil (1977) • Galeria Pecanins (1982) • Galerie du Grand Théâtre (1985) • Claude Bernard Gallery (1991) • Galería López Quiroga (2003) • Museo de Arte Moderno (2008)
Filmography
Filmography
• Alan Glass (2010)
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Montreal.
Birth place
Mexico City.
Death place
Public collections
• Metropolitan Museum of Art • Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris • Montreal Museum of Fine Arts • Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Awards
• A room named in his honor at the Vieux Presbytère de Saint‑Bruno-Montarville (2016) • Medal of Fine Arts of the Secretariat of Culture of Mexico (2017)
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- 1.Acte de baptême de Frank Allan Glass. ancestry.ca. 6 novembre 1936.
- 2.Guy Fournier. Je viens de perdre mon plus vieil ami. Journal de Montréal. 17 janvier 2023.
- 3.rgh/lma Prensa Latina. Con el deceso de Alan Glass también muere parte del surrealismo. Prensa Latina. 17 janvier 2023.
- 4.De la Redacción. Murió Alan Glass, el último surrealista. La Jornada. 17 janvier 2023.
- 5.Eve-Lyne Beaudry. Au revoir Alan Glass. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. 19 janvier 2023.
- 6.Élisabeth Otto. Mondes et merveilles, le voyage surréaliste d'Alan Glass. Revue M. Printemps 2025. 1715-4820.
- 7.Guy Fournier. L'art en boîte. Perspectives. 8 mai 1965. 44-45.
- 8.Marthe Léger. Alan Glass et Solange Legendre : des amis indéfectibles. blogues.banq.qc.ca. 23 août 2017.
- 9.Marthe Léger. Correspondance entre Alan Glass et Solange Legendre. BANQ. 27 juillet, 2022.
- 10.Autoportrait d'une autre. Éditions Alto. 2023.
- 11.Marie-Ève Groleau. Valoriser la place des femmes dans l’histoire de l’art : « Hommage à Madeleine Poliseno Pelland ». Le Carrefour de Québec. 11 mai, 2022.
- 12.Carlos de Laborde-Noguez et Carolina Escalante Ochoa. Alan Glass. 2023.
- 13.Carlos de Laborde-Noguez (et al.). Drawings Alan Glass. Paris 1954-1962. ACC-Art Books. 5 septembre 2024.
- 14.Abigail Susik and Kristoffer Noheden. "Sorprende hallazgo" ( "Chance find"): Alan Glass and Contemporary Surrealism in Mexico", Burlington Contemporary Issue 4: Art from Latin America. Burlington Contemporary. June 2021.
- 15.Jean-V. Dufresne. Un jeune artiste canadien à Paris. La Presse. 1958.
- 16.Michelle. Lasnier. Alan Glass : Une œuvre insolite. Vie des arts. 40. 1965. 0042-5435. 1923-3183. 2019-01-15. 40–45.
- 17.Gaétan Ouellet. Sous le signe de l'alliance : Alan Glass. Vie des arts. Automne 1972. 70-71.
- 18.Alan Glass. La Presse. 29 janvier 1977. D20.
- 19.Alan Glass, 1971-1991 : November 14-December 28, 1991. Claude Bernard Gallery. 1991. 0936827211.
- 20.Galerie 1900-2000 (Marcel et David Fleiss). Alan Glass. Galerie 1900-2000. 12 septembre 2001.
- 21.Brigitte Morrisette. Hiver surréaliste à Mexico. Le Devoir. 4 décembre 2008. A1.
- 22.Merry MacMasters. México sigue siendo surrealista y siempre lo será: Alan Glass. La Jornada. Martes 28 de mayo de 2013.
- 23.Galerie Claude-Bernard. Dossier de presse Alan Glass. 12 septembre 2024.
- 24.Alan Glass Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org.
- 25.Découvrez l’œuvre « Capt Verte », 1976, de Alan Glass. MACrépertoire.
- 26.Alan Glass Collection Musée d'art moderne de Paris. mam.paris.fr.
- 27.Alan Glass Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. collections.mnbaq.org.
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