CLARENCE A. GAGNON (Canadian 1881-1942)
AUTOMNE FRANCE 1928
oil on panel, paper label on verso certifying painting, with title and date,
signed by Lucile Rodier Gagnon #210, marked with finger print and
GEC 433
Provenance:
Continental Galleries Montreal
Private Collection, Vancouver
“It was not the over-sensitivity of the misunderstood that made me
move to Paris....Over there, I paint only Canadian subjects, I dream
only of Canada. The motif remains fixed in my mind, and I don't allow
myself to be captivated by the charms of a new landscape. In
Switzerland, Scandinavia-everywhere, I recall my French Canada.”
- Clarence Gagnon, 1931
Size in inches: 4.75 h x 7.2 w (with frame: 9 1/2"h x 12 1/4"w)
ZJ21213
Clarence A. Gagnon (Canadian 1881-1942) 'Automne France 1928'
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Clarence Gagnon was born in a small village in rural Quebec. Although
he trained and maintained a studio in Paris for much of his career, he
never lost his love of the Laurentians and the Charlevoix region of
eastern Quebec which inspired many of his paintings. Gagnon began
painting at an early age, and attracted the interest and subsequent
patronage of the Montreal businessman and collector James Morgan.
With a monthly stipend from Morgan, Gagnon was able to travel to
Europe to study at the Académie Julian, Paris where he distinguished
himself early in his career. In Paris he met other Canadian painters
such as James William Morrice, with whom he sketched and adopted
Morrice's method of painting quickly on the spot. Gagnon moved
between Canada and Europe, and this work is painted while he was
living in Paris from 1924 to 1936.