''… 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... Read full biography
''… 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... Read full biography
''… 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... Read full biography
''… 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*, serigraph*, silk-screen*, lithograph*,... Read full biography
''… 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*, serigraph*, silk-screen*, lithograph*, Polaroid, gelatin silver print, Ozalid print* (2), stainless steel, aluminum, found objects*, fluorescent tubes and... Read full biography
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About Charles Gagnon: Books
Books & Publications (30)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013
Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario
357 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012
Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
Abstract Painting in Canada (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Nasgaard, Roald
432 pages (color)
The Sixties in Canada (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Leclerc, Denise; Pierre Dessureault; National Gallery of Canada
188 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Making It New! The Big Sixties Show
2000
McKaskell, Robert
93 pages
Depth Markers: Selected Art Writings, 1985-1994, Volume One
1995
Campbell, James D.
397 pages
Winter
1994
Berton, Pierre
239 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
Printmaking in Quebec, 1900-1950
1990
Martin, Denis
148 pages (color)
Cineplex Odeon The First Ten Years: A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Art
1989
Burnett, David
97 pages (color)
Parmenidean Puzzles: Paradox and Discovery in the Paintings of Charles Gagnon
1989
Campbell, James D; Galerie Rene Blouin
133 pages (color)
Agnes Etherington Art Centre: Exhibitions in Review, 1987-1988 (Agnes Etherinton Art Centre)
1988
Bell, Michael et al
122 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Photography from the Collection of The National Film Board
1984
Langford, Martha
176 pages (color)
Selections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1982
Wilkin, Karen
48 pages (color)
Modern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art
1978
Fenton, Terry; Karen Wilken
119 pages (color)
Charles Gagnon (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)
1978
Fry, Philip
239 pages (color)
16 Quebec Painters in Their Milieu
1978
Paradis, Andree; Claude Beaulieu, Jules Bazin
171 pages (color)
Transparent Things: The Artist's Use of the Photograph
1977
James, Geoffrey
56 pages
Forum 76 (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Rosshandler, Leo and Germain Lefebvre
95 pages
Thirteen Artists from Marlborough Godard, Toronto, Montreal
1974
Editor, Marlborough Gallery, New York
39 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
The Canada Council Collection (National Gallery of Canada)
1969
Thompson, David
64 pages (color)
The Ontario Centennial Art Exhibition (Ontario Council for the Arts)
1967
Robertson, Bryan
60 pages
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Townsend, William
47 pages (color)
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)