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▲ Clarence Gagnon (French Canadian, 1881-1942) “Lone Village on the Saint Lawrence” 1922  oil on canvas 51.1 x 66.4 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Clarence Alphonse Gagnon, RCA (November 8, 1881 – January 5, 1942) was a French Canadian painter, draughtsman, engraver and illustrator, from the province of Quebec. He is well known for his landscape paintings of the Laurentians and the Charlevoix region of eastern Quebec.

▲ 퀴벡 시에 있는 작가 흉상 Author Photo Credit: Jeff Milner Artwork Credit: Clarence Gagnon Art Gallery in Montreal

Clarence Alphonse Gagnon was born in Montreal, Quebec on November 8, 1881. He was the son of Alphonse E. Gagnon, a milling manager, and a cultured English mother, who was interested in literature. Part of his childhood was spent in Sainte Rose, a village north of Montreal. Early in life, his mother had encouraged him to learn drawing and painting, but his father wanted him to become a businessman.

He studied with William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal in 1897.^[1] Desiring to improve his knowledge about art, he went to the Académie Julian in Paris, and studied under Jean-Paul Laurens from 1904 to 1905. Before returning to Canada in 1909, Gagnon spent time painting in France and Italy.

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