Yves Marcel Joseph Larocque (b. 1957) is an artist and professor of art history, painting and drawing at the Ottawa School of Art. He studied at the University of Ottawa (B.A. Visual Arts, 1980; B.A. History and Theory of Art, 1981); the Université de Montréal (M.A. Art History, 1985), and the Université de Paris (Ph.D. Art History, 1996). Larocque's area of specialization is Surrealism and Canadian art. His articles have appeared in periodicals such as Liaison (Ottawa), Histoire de l'Art and Médium (Paris), RACAR (Canada), and Vie des Arts (Montreal).

The fonds consists of completed questionnaires and accompanying correspondence that Larocque received from artists while researching his doctoral thesis, Le surréalisme au Canada anglophone entre 1927 et 1984 (1996).

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.

Immediate source of acquisition: Donated to the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives by Yves Larocque.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Permission to reproduce or publish material from the Yves Larocque fonds must be obtained from the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.

Finding aids: Box list available.