Given the question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Armand Vaillancourt - Armand J. R. Vaillancourt is a Quebecois sculptor painter and performance artist born on September 3 1929 in the city of Black Lake Quebec Canada which is now a part of the city of Thetford Mines. He received his art training at the Ecole des beaux-arts de Montreal.In 1971 a publicly commissioned fountain entitled Vaillancourt Fountain often called Quebec libre! was installed in San Francisco United States.
The answer is:
Artist