Pierre
LEBER
(b.
11 August 1669
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
d.
1 October 1707
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
)
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Pierre LEBER was born 11 August 1669 in Montréal, Canada, New France
Pierre LEBER was the child of Jacques LEBER and Jeanne LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert LEBER dit LAROSE and Collette CAVELIER (maternal) Pierre LEMOINE (LEMOYNE) and Judith DUCHESNEPierre LEBER died 1 October 1707 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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Occupation
Pierre LEBER was a painter.
Pierre LEBER was a painter.
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1669 Birth 11 August 1669
Montréal, Canada, New France
Biography
LE BER, PIERRE, painter, son of Jacques Le Ber and Jeanne Le Moyne; baptized 11 Aug. 1669 at Montreal; d. 1 Oct. 1707 at Pointe-Saint-Charles, near Montreal.
Through his parents he belonged to the two richest families in Montreal. He was as generous as he was pious, and made substantial gifts to all the communities of the town, in particular to the Congrégation de Notre-Dame, where his sister Jeanne was a recluse, and to the Brothers Hospitallers of which he was a founder, along with Charon and Fredin, and to which he belonged, without pronouncing any vows.
The Le Bers were interested in the arts. His sister practised embroidery, and his brother Jacques, Sieur de Senneville, a professional soldier and merchant, devoted his leisure moments to painting, as is attested by his “Éducation de la Vierge” (1723), which is today in the church of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Pierre Le Ber was for a long time considered as a well-meaning but untalented amateur; he suddenly became famous,...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
LE BER, PIERRE, painter, son of Jacques Le Ber and Jeanne Le Moyne; baptized 11 Aug. 1669 at Montreal; d. 1 Oct. 1707 at Pointe-Saint-Charles, near Montreal.
Through his parents he belonged to the two richest families in Montreal. He was as generous as he was pious, and made substantial gifts to all the communities of the town, in particular to the Congrégation de Notre-Dame, where his sister Jeanne was a recluse, and to the Brothers Hospitallers of which he was a founder, along with Charon and Fredin, and to which he belonged, without pronouncing any vows.
The Le Bers were interested in the arts. His sister practised embroidery, and his brother Jacques, Sieur de Senneville, a professional soldier and merchant, devoted his leisure moments to painting, as is attested by his “Éducation de la Vierge” (1723), which is today in the church of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Pierre Le Ber was for a long time considered as a well-meaning but untalented amateur; he suddenly became famous,...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1707 Death 1 October 1707
Montréal, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 38.
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