A collection of representatives from several cultural institutions in the Richmond area got together at the Centre Ste. Famille on Craig Street Wednesday morning to help save a piece of local artistic history; a 15 foot by 30-foot canvas painted by Sherbrooke artist Antonio Montour in 1942, that once served as a curtain in the town’s community hall. With the former church now up for imminent sale, the Richmond County Historical Society (RCHS), the Musée de l’Ardoise, and the Centre d’art de Richmond all combined their efforts to find the artwork a new home.
That the painting survived to the present day at all is thanks to 82-year-old Romeo Boutin.
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