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Born in Paris, Régine Lhéritier studied drawing and theatre in France. Upon arriving in Canada, she studied engraving and painting at the Saidye Bronfman center under Yehouda Chaki. She has been exhibiting in Montreal since 1977 and in 1979 was selected to participate in the Québec Biennale II.In 1982 Lhéritier illustrated the eminent Québec author Michel Tremblay's novel "Les Belles Soeurs", published by Editions Art Global, with eight original lithographs.Her works are in numerous private collections throughout Canada, the United States and Europe, as well as in the collections of Stouffer Inns of Rochester, New York, Crown Life Insurance, Imperial Oil, Téléglobe Canada and the Musée du Québec. Lhéritier’s paintings rely mainly on her firm drawing skills, which then determine composition and colour scheme.When the human figure is the main subject, the viewer is presented with a clear statement: the figure is physically and psychologically well defined.In order to stress the emotional content of a painted situation, Lhéritier also introduces horses, bulls and stands of tress, sometimes in the background and at other times as the main element. In all of her paintings, the artist embodies the subjects with free flowing brushwork.Controlled expressionism would be the term that best describes her style.It is the intrusion of drawing into the swirls of colour that temper the exuberance of the brush.Thus there is harmony between subject and execution. Excerpt from “Régine Lhéritier: Sentimental Bodies”, by Leo Rosshandler, A.I.C.A. |
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