''… art is not a means of communication, but rather a form of communion." - Charles Gagnon

Charles Gagnon was an important Canadian painter, photographer, printmaker, conceptual* artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker (1) and educator. There are hundreds of his paintings, prints and photographs in major Canadian museums. Any exhibition or book examining 20th Century Canadian modern art would be incomplete without a discussion of his work, and, in 28 years of teaching he has influenced a generation of art students.

He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where, other than for education and travel, he lived his whole life and died.

His mediums were oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, collage*, seri...