GRISE, Joseph Arthur (1895-1966) was active in Montreal where much of his career was spent as Chief Architect for the Banque Canadienne Nationale. He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1917 and joined the Province of Quebec Association of Architects in 1920. His schemes for bank buildings are orthodox interpretations of the Beaux Arts style but lack the refinement and elegance of bank buildings being designed in the Montreal area at this time by Kenneth Rea and John M. Lyle. Grise resigned from the Association in 1953, and later died in Montreal on 27 November 1966 (death notice Gazette [Montreal], 29 Nov. 1966, 60; inf. from membership files of the P.Q.A.A., Montreal)
Banks in Montreal, Que. unless noted
BANQUE NATIONALE, Mount Royal Avenue East, at Garnier Street, 1925 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 8-9, illus.)
BANQUE NATIONALE, Ontario Street East, at Pie IX Boulevard, interior alterations, 1926, 1938 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 10-11, illus.)
BANQUE NATIONALE, St. Denis Street, at De Castelnau Street, 1926 (C.R., xl, 28 July 1926, 47)
BANQUE NATIONALE, St. Hubert Street, at Villeray Street, 1927 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 12-13, illus.)
BANQUE NATIONALE, Ste. Catherine Street East, at Theodore Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 15 Aug. 1928, 49)
BANQUE NATIONALE, St. Denis Street at Jarry Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 15 Aug. 1928, 49)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Banque Nationale, St. Vallier Street at Marie de l'Incarnation Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 9 May 1928, 53)
BANQUE NATIONALE, St. Denis Street at Laurier Avenue East, 1932 (Gazette [Montreal], 23 Feb. 1932, 4, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
BANQUE NATIONALE, Papineau Avenue at Laurier Street, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 15 June 1932, 48)
OTHER WORKS
ST. VINCENT FERRIER ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Jarry Street at Henri Julien Avenue, a Presbytery for the church, 1926 (Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 400-03, illus.)