Charles-Édouard Masson Huot (1855 - 1930)

A very prominent and prolific late 19th and early 20th century Quebec muralist, painter, draftsman, illustrator (1) and educator, Charles-Édouard Masson Huot (AKA: Charles Huot) was born in Québec City, Canada lived there most of his life and died in the city's suburb of Sillery (2). Throughout his career, Huot received a constant stream of important commissions for murals, portraits and paintings to decorate churches and public buildings in Quebec City and elsewhere. The first commission was received in 1873 his last completed by others after his death (3). Dozens of his paintings and drawings are in Canadian museums, many of his murals still decorate churches and public buildings in Quebec,...