Claude Lafortune

Claude Lafortune studied at École des beaux-arts de Montréal. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Université du Québec à Montréal and Université de Montréal. Works named in the authority record are L'Évangile en papier. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctor of the Université du Québec à Montréal.

• Name — Claude Lafortune • Born — 5 July 1936 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Died — 19 April 2020 • Place of death — Longueuil, Quebec, Canada • Occupation — Artist

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).

• 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)

• IXE-13

• Naïves Hirondelles (1965) • Ballade pour un Révolutionnaire (1965) • La grosse tête (1969) • La très belle histoire de Noël (2001–2006) • Don Quichotte (2009)

Claude Lafortune is recorded as having received honorary doctor of the Université du Québec à Montréal.