Masterpieces of Canadian art series. The stamp was designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier based on a painting "Blossoming", circa 1950 by Alfred Pellan in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The 88¢ stamps are perforated 13 X 13.5 and were printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited. Two of Pellan's paintings, Canada West and Canada East, were commissioned for the Canadian mission in Brazil in the 1940s and relocated to the Lester B. Pearson Building in Ottawa in 1973. From 2011 to 2015 they were removed by the federal government and replaced by a large portrait of the Queen. In November 2015 the two paintings were restored to their original location. Tributes A federal electoral district in Laval, Québec, named after him; A street in Montréal is named after him. A street in Longueuil is named after him. A street in Lévis is named after him. A street in Terrebonne is named after him. A street in Saint-Jérôme is named after him. A street in Drummondville is named after him. A street in Granby is named after him. A street in Mirabel is named after him. A street in Blainville is named after him. A street in Shawinigan is named after him. A street in Sainte-Julie is named after him. A place in Boisbriand is named after him. A street in Saint-Lin-Laurentides is named after him. A street in Sainte-Catherine is named after him. A street in Saint-Charles-Borromée is named after him. A street in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot is named after him. A road in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François is named after him. A lake in Rivière-Koksoak is named after him. References External links On a Portrait by Alfred Pellan (in French) Profile Alfred Pellan: CollectionMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec 1906 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters Modern painters Officers of the National Order of Quebec Companions of the Order of Canada Artists from Quebec City Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Académie Colarossi alumni Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Muralists Canadian surrealist artists Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in Quebec 20th-century Canadian male artists