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Year Created

1983

Year Acquired

1983

Surfaces

Paper

Cultures

Canadian

Medium

Graphite

Art Forms

Work on paper

Untitled (Sad Woman)

by: Peter Archambault


Small archambault Peter Archambault

Peter Archambault (1939-2015) was an American artist whose work explored the Franco-American experience through the medium: cartoons.

A 2018 exhibit, at the Museum L-A:  "Beau-frog: The Art of Peter Archambault," displayed the artwork and political cartoons of Peter Archambault, a native of Madawaska, Maine. His artwork, featured monthly in a Franco-American publication at the University of Maine at Orono, Le F.A.R.O.G. Forum, provided rich political commentary, an investigation into immigration practices, and an exploration of the Franco-american culture in Maine and New England.

Archambault created a character called "Beau-frog" as a way to reclaim the common slur generally directed toward francophone and French heritage people during this era. The daily exploits of the frog truly illustrate the trials and tribulations of a minority figure coming to terms with their personal and cultural identity while surrounded by the pressures of an Anglophone majority. Despite this work being created for the Franco-American students on the Orono campus, the cultural exploration found in Archambault's cartoon drawings can speak to the experiences of the people in our community of Lewiston-Auburn, a place deeply affected by French-Canadian immigration since the 1850s. 


https://mainearts.maine.gov/postings/events/detail/Museum-L-A-s-Exhibit-Opening-of-Beau-frog-The-Art-of-Peter-Archambault

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