Gerard-Morisset price

The price Gerard-Morisset is one of the eleven Prix of Quebec decreed annually by the government of the Quebec. It crowns the whole of a career devoted to the inheritance.

Description of the price

The activities recognized by this price are research, creation, the formation, the production, the conservation and the diffusion in the fields of the cultural Biens, of the Archive S, the Muséologie and the traditional Popular culture.

The criteria of eligibility at the price are:

the candidate must be Canadian Citoyen and live or have lived in Quebec;
a person cannot receive the same price twice, but it can receive from it more than one same year;
a price cannot be allotted to several people unless these people take part in joint achievements;
a price cannot be allotted to posthumous Titer.

The price:

a nontaxable Stock Exchange of 30.000 $;
a Medal silver realized by a Québécois artist;
a parchment penmanship and a button of reverse carrying the symbol of the Prices of Quebec;
a part of exclusive Jewelry to the prizes winner and the prizes winner;
a public homage to the prizes winner and the prizes winner by the government of Quebec during an official ceremony.

Origin of the name

The price owes its name with Gerard Morisset (1898 - 1970) which devoted its life to discovered and with the documentation of the Québécois inheritance. In 1937, he undertook the colossal task to draw up an inventory of the works of art of Quebec. He was director of the National museum of the fine arts of Quebec of 1953 to 1965 and he did of this museum one of the most prestigious Canadian museums.

Prizes winner and prizes winner

See too

External bonds

Official site of the prices of Quebec
a detailed history of the prices of Quebec

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