Paul-Émile Borduas

Paul-Émile Borduas was a Québecois artist known for his abstract paintings. He was the leader of the avant-garde Automatiste movement and the chief author of the Refus Global manifesto of 1948. Borduas had a profound impact on the development of the arts and of thought, both in the province of Quebec and in Canada.

1 November 1905

Born on the same birth day (1 November): Bilgin Defterli • Catherine Jagiellon • David Berman (actor) • Jeongyeon • John Williamson (singer) • Larry Flynt • Natalia Tena • Nordahl Grieg • Penn Badgley • Perikles Ioannidis • Philip Noel-Baker • Premier of Alberta • Robert Foxworth • Étienne de La Boétie

Born in the same month (November 1905): Arthur Chipperfield • Astrid of Sweden • Bob Johnson (outfielder) • Eddie Condon • Georges Schéhadé • Isobel Andrews • John Henry Barbee • K. Alvapillai • Lois Mailou Jones • Louis Rosier • Louise Thaden • Minoo Masani • Mischa Auer • Samiha Ayverdi • Tommy Dorsey • William Alwyn