Bernard Poulin

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Bernard Aimé Poulin (born 1945) is a Canadian visual artist specializing in portraiture. He is a portrait painter, muralist, sculptor, author of five books on drawing and international lecturer of note. His significant portraits include:

His Worship the Mayor of Hamilton,Bermuda William Boyle (1997); His Worship the Mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda Jay Bluck (2007); Dame Lois Brown Evans, DBE, MP, Bermuda; 1996 Canadian Gold Medal Relay Team Winners, Atlanta Games; The Rt Hon. Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada (4 portraits of); Mr. Paul Desmarais, Power Corporation - as Chancellor of Memorial University, Newfoundland; His Honour the Senior Judge Robert C. Desmarais, Ontario Court of Justice, General Division; Mr. Marcel Hamelin, President and Rector of Ottawa University; Mr. Gilles Patry, President and Rector of Ottawa University; Yousuf Karsh, Internationally renowned Canadian photographer; The Right Honourable Roméo Leblanc, Governor General of Canada and Speaker of the Senate; The Right Honourable Jules Léger, Governor General of Canada, Mrs. J. Leger as well as His Eminence Cardinal P. Emile Léger, Prelate of the Catholic Church; The Hon. Stanley Lowe, Speaker of the House of Assembly of Bermuda; Mrs. Mila Mulroney and the Mulroney children; His Excellency, the Archbishop of Antioch, Rev. Joseph Rayah; The Honourable Mitchell Sharp; The Hon. Jennifer Smith, Premier of Bermuda; William, heir to the British Crown, son of Charles, Prince of Wales & the late Princess Diana Spencer;

Bernard Poulin is married to Canadian Senator [Marie-Paule(Charette)Poulin BA, MSS, LLB, LLD (Hon.)] They have two adult daughters, Elaine and Valérie.