Clarence Gagnon Researched by Diane Wolford Sheppard

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1 Clarence Gagnon Researched by Diane Wolford Sheppard Clarence Gagnon was born in Saint-Rose, near Montréal, on 8 November He studied at the Art Association of Montréal in He studied in Paris in and painted in France and Italy before returning to Canada in Gagnon lived in Baie-St-Paul and travelled throughout the Laurentians. He became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in He returned to Europe on several occasions and lived there from He died 5 January A short biography and introduction to his art was written by Anne Newlands, Clarence Gagnon An Introduction to his life and art (Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books, 2005). The following representative paintings are organized by source and then by season or subject matter. Gagnon s Paintings Available at The Athenaeum 1 Winter Paintings Canadian Village, Grey Day circa

2 The Clearing in the Woods circa

3 Mill and Stream, Morning Sun circa

4 Trapper in the Woods circa

5 The Wayside Cross, Winter circa

6 Village Street, Baie-Saint-Paul circa

7 Spring Thaw, Baie-Saint-Paul

8 Winter in the Laurentians, Quebec

9 Heating the Bread Oven

10 The Red Sleigh circa

11 Village in the Laurentian Mountains

12 The Ice Bridge, Quebec

13 Laurentian Village

14 A Farm, Last Rays circa

15 In the Clearing, Charlevoix,

16 In the Laurentians, Winter,

17 Mill and Stream, Morning Sun,

18 Misty Day in Winter, Baie-Saint-Paul,

19 Moonrise

20 River Thaw,

21 A Silent Stream of the North,

22 Twilight,

23 Twilight, Baie Saint-Paul,

24 Winter Solitude,

25 Winter, Village of Baie-Saint-Paul,

26 March in the Birch Woods

27 Horse Racing in Winter

28 Early Morning in March,

29 Autumn Golden Autumn, Laurentians

30 The Pond 30

31 The Wayside Cross, Autumn

32 Lonely Village on the Saint Lawrence

33 The Garden of Horatio Walker at Sainte-Pétronille, Île d Orléans 1908 (Incorrectly labeled as Fall Scene, Baie-Saint-Paul) 33

34 Spring or Summer Summer Scene, Baie-Saint-Paul

35 Evening on the North Shore,

36 People A Frugal Meal

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38 Old Woman Reading 1904 Paintings at the Art Gallery of Ontario AGO Art of the Day: Midnight Mass 38

39 A Québec Village Street, Winter

40 Clarence Gagnon Paintings Images from Library and Archives Canada: Early Winter Morning in the Woods, Baie St. Paul 40

41 Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Mikan # Acc. No Clarence Gagnon s Paintings from Anne Newland, Clarence Gagnon An Introduction to his life and art (Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books, 2005). Autumn Autumn Scene, p

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43 Harvesting, p. 53 Winter Dog Team, p