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Rogé Fonds [iconographic document]

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Fonds

Date:

2011.

Reference:

R15899-0-3-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5932026

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Rogé Fonds
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Fonds includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

2011.

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Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

3 paintings: watercolour, acrylic, pastel and pencil on paper mounted on wood panel; 51.2 cm x 41.2 cm or smaller.

Language of material:

French

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The fonds consists of three Rogé paintings depicting students from Teueikan School in the Innu community of Ekuanitshit (Mingan). These three paintings are part of a series of 15 portraits of children that were produced for the book Mingan mon village. Poèmes d'écoliers innus, illustrated by Rogé, published in French by Éditions de La Bagnole (Montréal) in 2012 and in English as Mingan My Village: Poems by Innu Schoolchildren by Fifth House Books (Toronto) in 2014. Innu poet Josephine Bacon worked with the children of Ekuanitshit and translated their poems into the Innu language.

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Rogé, 1972-

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Rogé, 1972- : Rogé (a.k.a. Roger Girard) was born on February 14, 1972, in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. He holds a degree in Graphic Communications from Laval University. He began his career as an artistic director with the advertising agencies Cossette and LG2. In 2000, during a three-month international cooperation trip to the Dominican Republic, Rogé painted murals in the village of Salcedo. Upon returning to Quebec, he decided to pursue a career as an illustrator.

In 2011, he moved to Havre-aux-Maisons in the Magdalen Islands with his wife, Caroline Grégoire, who wanted to run a medical practice in the countryside, and their daughter Clara. Rogé changed his colourful drawing style to explore a more nuanced palette. He created a series of books with portraits of children (Haïti mon pays [later published in English as Haiti My Country], Mingan mon village [later published in English as Mingan My Village] and Hochelaga mon quartier). He illustrated Le bruit des cailloux, a collection of poems written by his wife, Caroline Grégoire, and published by Magdalen Island publisher La Morue verte.

Rogé has published around 20 children's works that have won him numerous awards, including the prestigious Governor General of Canada Literary Award for Youth Illustration twice: in 2006 for Le gros monstre qui aimait trop lire (later published in English as Taming Horrible Harry) and in 2016 for Grand-père et la lune (later published in English as Grandfather and the Moon). He won the New York Times Award in 2014 for Haiti My Country, the translated version of Haiti mon pays, as well as the Prix des libraires in 2011 for Le roi de la patate (later published in English as The French Fry King) and again in 2013 for Mingan mon village. Both Haiti My Country and Mingan My Village are also part of the international selection of The White Ravens prepared by Munich's International Youth Library.

Rogé's illustrations have been exhibited in Canada, Italy, France and Taiwan. He now lives in Montréal with his family.

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Physical description note:

A metal wire is affixed to the back of each painting.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Each painting is signed: Rogé.

Source:

Private

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2017-00072-8
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