Introduction
Over the years
Ozias Leduc, a sensitive and dreamy child, develops his artistic talents very early on. He would eventually perfect them as an apprentice to church decorators who would teach him skills he would use throughout his artistic career.
It's' in 1897, during a trip to Europe, that Leduc completes his education and learns about various European artistic movements. The discovery of works by contemporary artists, mainly Symbolist, Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau, influenced him deeply.
Ozias Leduc is not only a painter, but also a poet and writer. Since commissions were few and far between during the 1930s, he took the opportunity to write his reflections on art and human nature through some sixty poems, most of them unpublished.
Leduc is an artist who places great importance on education and friendship. When he meets the young Paul-Émile Borduas during the work carried out at the chapel of the bishopric of Sherbrooke in 1922, he hires him as an apprentice and gradually becomes his friend and confidant.