NEWS   Marius Pudzianowski Big Z Poundstone Magnus Samuelsson One hundred years ago... www.fortissimus.net Louis Cyr and Eugen Sandow Louis Cyr, backlift Claude Le Sauteur Ortmayer : Natural born stoneman Jessen Paulin : Man of stone Koklyaev : A master degree in strength Mark Felix: Hands of Hercule Sebastian Wenta : All-Around strongman Dominc Filou: A Force of One Andrus Murumets : The Estonian PowerMan Polski Mocarzu ! Louis-Philippe Jean :Heart of a lion Terry Holland: To be or not to be the strongest Arild Haugen: Viking Power on the rise Randall J. Strossen: Man with an Ironmind Stefan Sölvi Pétursson: Keeping the Tradition Alive Zydrunas Savickas: World Records Breaker Ervin Katona: A powerhouse from Serbia Agreement between Fortissimus & ASC Agreement between Fortissimus & AussiPower Agreement between Fortissimus & SCL

Claude Le Sauteur: A tale of two giants They called him the Giant of Charlevoix. Not because of his physical   deeds or his size, but because of the place he earned amongst the artists of his generation. Claude Le Sauteur passed away in the fall of 2007, while the Charlevoix museum was holding a major exhibit of his landmark pieces of art. His paintings are highly rated and they attract great interest from arts fans and collectors. The man had explored beauty, color and aestheticism in different ways and means before finding his own. And that he did brilliantly with his first exhibit back in 1976. History, amongst other things, had always fascinated Claude Le Sauteur, « more specifically the cultural roots of the Quebecers ». So it did not come as a surprise that his last ever creation was the impressive and powerful painting of Louis Cyr, a piece of very large format, a reminder of the dominant figure the strength hero was and still is in the eyes and minds of his people. When Le Sauteur and writer Paul Ohl met on August 5, 2007, he wrote these words: « It is your biography of Louis Cyr that inspired that portrait »   Go to top