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Quévillon [Couvillon; Cuvillon], Louis(-Amable)
(b St Vincent-de-Paul, 14 Oct 1749; d St Vincent-de-Paul, 11 March 1823). Canadian sculptor. He began his career as a woodworker at the beginning of the 1770s. Around 1790 he worked on the decoration of churches near his village and then produced sculpture for several parish churches in the Montreal region. Around 1800 he attempted to extend his business to the Quebec area. Quévillon’s workshop became a large-scale enterprise, employing up to 15 apprentice sculptors around 1815. He worked in collaboration with several sculptors, in particular Joseph Pépin (d 1842), Amable Charron (1785–1844), Urbain Brien (Desrochers) (1781–1860), Paul Rollin (1789–1855) and René Beauvais (St-James) (1785–1837). Quévillon had a wide influence on contemporary ecclesiastical sculptors and architects. The number of parishes in which he worked is impressive: nearly 40 parishes employed him to produce sculpted, gilt, silvered and marbled works, mostly in wood.
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