Louis de Niverville (1933 – 2019): A Visionary Painter Bridging Neoclassicism and Surrealism Louis de Niverville was born in Andover, England, in 1933 to Canadian parents, Éméla Noël and Albert de Niverville. Shortly after his birth, the family relocated to Montreal where he spent his formative years immersed in a vibrant multicultural environment. Recognizing early on the profound impact of illness on creativity—he endured spinal tuberculosis from age six until 1944—de Niverville attributed much of the fantastical quality characteristic of his later artistic endeavors to this period of isol…