Ulysse Comtois
Ulysse Comtois
1931 - 1999
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Ulysse Comptois’s artistic journey closely intertwines with the trajectory of artistic modernity in Canada in the twentieth century. He was 17 at the time Paul-Émile Borduas and the Automatists published the incendiary Refus global. He soon left his birthplace in rural Quebec to enroll at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal. He attended class for only one year, breaking with classical tradition at a very early stage in his career by choosing instead to pursue his artistic education as an autodidact. He became acquainted with the Automatists and was invited to participate in two shows along with other members of the group: La matière chante in 1954 and Espace 55 in 1955. He was also in contact with the Plasticiens, whose views on painting enduringly transformed his own pictorial language. Throughout his numerous travels in the 1960s, he was exposed to a broad variety of contemporary artistic practices, developing the singular characteristics of his artistic vision.

With a body of work that has elements of both Abstract Expressionism and geometrical formalism, painting and sculpture, Comtois refuses conventions, defies artistic genre and challenges disciplinary boundaries. Decidedly modern, surprising and unusual, his art is playful yet intellectual.

Comtois represented Canada at the 1968 Venice Biennale along with Guido Molinari. His works are part of the most prestigious national private, public and corporate collections. His art has been the subject of important museum exhibitions. This exceptional selection of pieces offered by Heffel includes works from the 1960s to the 1990s, and is from the collection of the artist.
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Colonne by Ulysse Comtois sold for $31,250
Ulysse Comtois
Colonne
28 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 in, 72.4 x 26.7 x 25.4 cm
metal and plastic sculpture
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $31,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, September 29, 2022
Ydra by Ulysse Comtois sold for $29,250
Ulysse Comtois
Ydra
18 x 20 in, 45.7 x 50.8 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $29,250 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2008 - 1st Session on Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Horizon bleu by Ulysse Comtois sold for $21,250
Ulysse Comtois
Horizon bleu
36 x 40 in, 91.4 x 101.6 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $21,250 CDN (premium included)
Quebec Abstraction on Thursday, September 24, 2020
Untitled by Ulysse Comtois sold for $21,240
Ulysse Comtois
Untitled
60 1/4 x 84 1/8 in, 153 x 213.7 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CDN
Sold for: $21,240 CDN (premium included)
September 2016 - 1st Session on Thursday, September 29, 2016
Colonne by Ulysse Comtois sold for $12,980
Ulysse Comtois
Colonne
15 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in, 40 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm
phenolic laminate and aluminum
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $12,980 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2015 - 1st Session on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Eppure, si muove by Ulysse Comtois sold for $11,875
Ulysse Comtois
Eppure, si muove
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $11,875 CDN (premium included)
March 2017 - 1st Session on Thursday, March 30, 2017
Transaction #2 by Ulysse Comtois sold for $11,700
Ulysse Comtois
Transaction #2
24 x 60 in, 61 x 152.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $11,700 CDN (premium included)
September 2010 - 1st Session on Thursday, September 30, 2010
Décollage / Envol / Lumière noire by Ulysse Comtois sold for $11,115
Ulysse Comtois
Décollage / Envol / Lumière noire
9 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 5 1/4 in, 24.8 x 25.1 x 13.3 cm
aluminum and wood sculpture
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CDN
Sold for: $11,115 CDN (premium included)
March 2014 - 1st Session on Thursday, March 27, 2014
Lapsus by Ulysse Comtois sold for $9,945
Ulysse Comtois
Lapsus
7 1/4 x 8 x 9 1/2 in, 18.4 x 20.3 x 24.1 cm
aluminum sculpture
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CDN
Sold for: $9,945 CDN (premium included)
March 2014 - 1st Session on Thursday, March 27, 2014
Evening by Ulysse Comtois sold for $9,360
Ulysse Comtois
Evening
24 x 60 in, 61 x 152.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $9,360 CDN (premium included)
September 2013 - 2nd Session on Thursday, September 26, 2013