Claim: Marcelle Ferron, an early member of the Paul-Émile Borduas’s—a Québecois artist known for his abstract paintings and had a profound  impact on the development of the arts and of thought in the province of Quebec as well as in Canada—Automatistes art movement, studied at the École des beaux-arts de Québec, but she decided to drop out due to being unsatisfied with the way modern art is taught.
Evidence: Ferron was an early member of Paul-Émile Borduas's Automatistes art movement. Paul-Émile Borduas (November 1, 1905 – February 22, 1960) was a Québecois artist known for his abstract paintings. Borduas had a profound impact on the development of the arts and of thought, both in the province of Quebec and in Canada. She studied at the École des beaux-arts de Québec before dropping out, unsatisfied with the way the school's instructors addressed modern art.