Fernand Labelle B.Soc.Sc. (1934)

A popular Canadian painter and illustrator, Fernand Labelle was born in Cornwall, Ontario and currently (2016) lives in Montreal, Quebec, where he has resided for several decades. He moved from Cornwall to the province of Quebec in 1968. He has also lived and worked in Quebec City (in the suburb named Sillery) and in Ottawa, Ontario. His paintings are in the collections of several Quebec museums. He has illustrated four books. (1)

Labelle’s primary medium is oil paint. His primary subjects are landscapes, seascapes, snow scenes, forests, lakes and rivers. Most of the locations appear to be in rural Quebec, however, some of the inscriptions note “Ottawa”, which is just across the Ottawa River fr...