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After many years abroad, Michèle Lemieux now lives and paints in Montreal. She has established an international reputation and her paintings have been exhibited in New York, Tokyo, Czechoslovakia, Germany, France, Italy and Canada. Her books have been published in English, French, German, and several other languages. Lemieux's paintings are soft and luminescent. They have a timeless, almost mystical, quality which seems to invite the reader or viewer to enter the picture and become a part of the story. She enjoys experimenting with different media and has used watercolour, gouache, acrylics, oils, and collage. Included in the National Library exhibition, "The Art of Illustration", are original watercolour illustrations created for Amahl and the Night Visitors. Lemieux thoroughly researches all aspects of her stories and does many small drawings before working on her rough sketches. For Amahl and the Night Visitors, with reference books to guide her, she drew as many camels in as many positions as she could think of, so that she would know exactly how each camel would fit into both her rough sketches and final paintings before she began to work on them. Along with her work as an illustrator, Michèle Lemieux currently teaches drawing and illustration at the department of design of the Université du Québec à Montréal since 1982.
Selected Bibliography
Amahl and the Night Visitors. Written by Gian Carlo Menotti; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1991.
64 p.: col. ill.; 28 cm.
ISBN 1550740431
Le Bal des chenilles: un conte. Written by Robert Soulières; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Montréal: Pierre Tisseyre, 1979.
22 p.: ill.; 28 cm.
ISBN 2890510166
La Baleine fantastique: un conte. Written by Robert Soulières; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Montréal: Pierre Tisseyre, 1980.
21 p.: ill.; 28 cm.
ISBN 2890510182
Une bien mauvaise grippe: un conte. Written by Robert Soulières; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Montréal: Pierre Tisseyre, 1980.
21 p.: ill.; 28 cm.
ISBN 2890510166
Un Cadeau de saint François: la première crèche. Written by Joanna Cole; translated by François Renaud; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, 1990.
34 p.: col. ill.; 26 cm.
ISBN 0590737147
(French edition of A Gift from Saint Francis: The First Crèche)
A Gift from Saint Francis: The First Crèche. Written by Joanna Cole; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1989.
32 p.: col. ill.; 26 cm.
ISBN 092110359X
Magie d'hiver. Written by Eveline Hasler; translated by Christiane Duchesne; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, 1990.
29 p.: col. ill.; 25 cm.
ISBN 0590735802
(French edition of the original German edition Im Winterland)
Peter and the Wolf: Story by Sergei Prokofiev. Written and illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1991.
31 p.: col. ill.; 24 x 27 cm.
ISBN 1550740113
The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Written and illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1993.
29 p.: col. ill.; 29 cm.
ISBN 1550741241
Quel est ce bruit? Written and illustrated by Michèle Lemieux; translated by Christiane Duchesne. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, 1990.
31 p.: coll. ill.; 25 cm.
ISBN 059073685X
(French edition of Was hört der Bär?)
There Was an Old Man...: A Collection of Limericks. Written by Edward Lear; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1994.
72 p.: col. ill.; 19 cm.
ISBN 1550742132
La Vache et d'autres animaux. Written by Michel Rivard and others; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux and others. Montréal: Les éditions la courte échelle, 1982.
22 p.: col. ill.; 22 cm.
ISBN 2890210316
Voices on the Wind: Poems for all Seasons. Selected by David Booth; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1990.
41 p.: col. ill.; 28 cm.
ISBN 0921103794
Winter Magic. Written by Eveline Hasler; illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1989, c1984.
32 p.: col. ill.; 26 cm.
ISBN 0921103719
(English edition of the original German edition Im Winterland)
What's that Noise? Written and illustrated by Michèle Lemieux. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1989.
30 p.: col. ill.; 26 cm.
ISBN 0921103697
(Translation of Was hört der Bär?)
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