OCTOBRE DANS CHARLEVOIX

11,700.00
Price Realized: $
Date: ca 1924
Artist: Clarence Alphonse Gagnon
Medium: oil on panel
Dimensions: 6 x 8.75 in. (15.2 x 22.2 cm)
Notes:

titled and dated on the authentication certificate verso; certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon, Paris 1946; Gagnon inventory #412.
Clarence Gagnon was born in a small village in rural Quebec. His English mother helped to foster his early interest in drawing and painting, while his French-Canadian father preferred that his son pursue a career in business. Despite his father’s objections, Gagnon began his studies at the Art Association of Montreal, under the guidance of William Brymner. Then, like many Quebec artists of his time, he continued his artistic education in Paris, where he attended the Academie Julien (1904-1905). Gagnon immersed himself in the artistic community, submitting his work to the St. Louis Art Exhibition and the Salon de la Societe des Artistes Francais, where it earned high praise. While in Paris, Gagnon painted with James Wilson Morrice and became influenced by his plein-air sketching techniques. Upon his return to Quebec in 1908, he settled in Baie-St-Paul, in the picturesque Charlevoix region.

It was in this countryside nestled between the Laurentians and the St. Lawrence River, that Gagnon produced most of his plein-air sketches. Later, in his Paris studio, where he spent much of his adult life, Gagnon developed these sketches into his major canvases. During his first major show at the Montparnasse Gallery in 1913, it was Gagnon’s paintings of an idyllic, rural Quebec and his scenes of French-Canadian life that attracted the most attention. Perhaps it was the artist’s affection for his beloved homeland that resonated in the work. From this point on, Gagnon focused almost exclusively on the Quebec landscape. In 1931, referring to his time in Paris, Gagnon said, “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 charm of a new landscape. In Switzerland, Scandinavia – everywhere, I recall my French Canada.”

10,000.00
Estimate:
15,000.00
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LOT: 83

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