Fernand Préfontaine
Illustration — Préfontaine, c. 1920 Fernand Préfontaine (January 18, 1888 — January 10, 1949) was a Canadian architect, photographer, and art critic. Fernand Préfontaine was born in Montreal, Quebec, he completed his degree in architecture at the Polytechnique Montréal at the Université de Montréal in 1911.
Fernand Préfontaine
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- 1888 · Montreal.
- Died
- 1949 · Montreal.
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- Canada
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- photographer · architect · art critic
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Illustration — Préfontaine, c. 1920 Fernand Préfontaine (January 18, 1888 — January 10, 1949) was a Canadian architect, photographer, and art critic. Fernand Préfontaine was born in Montreal, Quebec, he completed his degree in architecture at the Polytechnique Montréal at the Université de Montréal in 1911.
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Born at Montreal in 1888, died in Montreal in 1949.
Fernand Préfontaine (1888–1949) was a Canadian photographer, architect and art critic.
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- 1.Paul-Louis Martin. À la façon du temps présent : trois siècles d'architecture populaire au Québec. Les Presses de L'Universite Laval. 378. 1999. 9782763776651.
- 2.Marie-Thérèse Lefebvrel. La bibliothèque du Nigog : analyse du cadre référentiel des auteurs de la revue. Les Cahiers des dix. 69. 177–214. 2015. 10.7202/1035600ar.
- 3.Le Nigog. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
- 4.Prefontaine, Fernand Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada. dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org.
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