Painter, illustrator, and etcher, Clarence Alphonse Gagnon is credited as being one of the major figures in the development of Canadian modern art. His paintings are known for their strong color,... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator, and etcher, Clarence Alphonse Gagnon is credited as being one of the major figures in the development of Canadian modern art. His paintings are known for their strong color, luminous* qualities and styles incorporating Realism* and Impressionism*. He also spent much of his... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator, and etcher, Clarence Alphonse Gagnon is credited as being one of the major figures in the development of Canadian modern art. His paintings are known for their strong color, luminous* qualities and styles incorporating Realism* and Impressionism*. He also spent much of his career in France, and throughout his productive painting life was back and forth between the two countries. Gagnon was born in Montreal, Canada, November 8, 1881. He studied at the Art Association of... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator, and etcher, Clarence Alphonse Gagnon is credited as being one of the major figures in the development of Canadian modern art. His paintings are known for their strong color, luminous* qualities and styles incorporating Realism* and Impressionism*. He also spent much of his career in France, and throughout his productive painting life was back and forth between the two countries. Gagnon was born in Montreal, Canada, November 8, 1881. He studied at the Art Association of Montreal, beginning when he was age 16, with William Brymner from 1897-1900. From Brymner he learned about sketching and drawing directly from nature. In 1904, Gagnon went to Paris where he set up a permanent studio for several years and studied briefly... Read full biography
Painter, illustrator, and etcher, Clarence Alphonse Gagnon is credited as being one of the major figures in the development of Canadian modern art. His paintings are known for their strong color, luminous* qualities and styles incorporating Realism* and Impressionism*. He also spent much of his career in France, and throughout his productive painting life was back and forth between the two countries. Gagnon was born in Montreal, Canada, November 8, 1881. He studied at the Art Association of Montreal, beginning when he was age 16, with William Brymner from 1897-1900. From Brymner he learned about sketching and drawing directly from nature. In 1904, Gagnon went to Paris where he set up a permanent studio for several years and studied briefly at the Academie Julian* with Jean-Paul Laurens. This European venture was financed by Ja... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (27)
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Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art (McMichael Canadian Art Collection & Gooseland Editions
2022
Milroy, Sarah
0 pages (color)
AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013
Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario
357 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
A New Class of Art: The Artist's Print in Canadian Art (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Tovell, Rosemarie
0 pages
Visions of Light and Air: Canadian Impressionism (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Lowrey, Carol
152 pages (color)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
Canadian Impressionism
1990
Duval, Paul
166 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
Our Land, Our Sky, Our Water An Exhibition of American & Canadian Art (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Frankenstein, Alfred
63 pages (color)
Painters of Quebec-National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Hubbard, R.H.
212 pages
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Canadian Painting 1850-1950 National Gallery Travelling Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1967
National Gallery of Canada
32 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Historic Montreal, Past and Present
1930
Le Hain, Geoffrey M, Editor; A. L. McLaren, Paul Caron, Clarence Gagnon (Illustrations)
74 pages (color)
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit