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Professor André C. Biéler

  • Deceased
  • Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Order of Canada

    • Member of the Order of Canada

      Awarded on: 1988-07-11
      Invested on: 1989-10-13
      In 1941 he organized the first Conference of Canadian Artists, which set into motion ideas and actions which eventually led to the establishment of the Canada Council. Deeply committed to art, he continues to paint, and despite his advanced age, has had contemporary pieces represented in current exhibitions in Kingston, where he is Professor Emeritus of Art at Queen's University.