Claude Vermette

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Claude Vermette (1930–April 21, 2006) was a Canadian artist whose mediums were paint and ceramic tiles.

His painting and ceramics work was commissioned by McGill University in Montreal and by General Motors for their New York corporate offices, among others.^[1] His work also hangs in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

He collaborated on the ceramic design for many Montreal Metro stations, in particular contributing a series of large abstract murals to the Saint-Laurent station of the Montreal Metro. He consulted generally on the ceramic programme in the initial network of the metro, with notable contributions at Berri-UQAM and Beaubien stations and on Jean-Paul Mousseau's well-known ceramic tile circles at Peel station. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.^[1]

He was the husband of Mariette Rousseau-Vermette and lived in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec until his death in April, 2006.^{[citation needed]}