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1934 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 2003 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Abstract painting, photography, films.
''… 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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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Japan
Art Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Paul Brach
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, Student
- •Parsons, The New School for Design, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Governor General's Award for Arts, Canada
- •Order of Quebec, Chevalier, l’Ordre national du Québec
- •Priz Paul-Emile Borduas
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Biennial Exhibitions of Canadian Art
- •New York World's Fair New York, 1964/1965
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •Museum London, Ontario
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Smithsonian Institution/Museums