Louis Muhlstock was born in Narajow, Galicia, Ukraine in 1904. In 1911, he and his family joined his father who had immigrated to Montréal in 1908. As a teenager, he studied drawing at the National Council of Arts and Manufacturers under the guidance of Edmond Dyonnet (1859-1954) and Joseph Saint-Charles (1868-1956). He then joined the Art Association of Montréal from 1920 to 1928 attending evening classes with William Brymner (1855-1925). During this time, he attended classes at the École des Beaux Arts de Montréal. In 1928 he went to Paris, France and it was there that he studied with Louis-François Bilhoul (1874-1947). Quote “It is with Bilhoul that I really started to paint. He was a very fine, sincere painter, in the tradition of the old masters.” Muhlstock continued to paint, make prints and draw throughout his long lifetime. He died in Montréal in 2001.
20th cent.
1991