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The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is funded by the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec.

  
Collections
Selected works from 1900 to 2000

Clarence Gagnon
Sainte-Rose (Québec, Canada) 1881 – Montréal (Québec, Canada), 1942
Training
  • Studied at the Art Association of Montréal from 1898 to 1901. Was taught by William Brymner.
  • Briefly attended the Académie Julian in Paris.
  • Took classes in etching.
Artistic production
  • Internationally renowned engraver, illustrator and painter.
  • Artistic career marked by travels between France and Canada.
  • Drew inspiration from the landscapes and inhabitants of Québec’s Charlevoix region. Portrayed traditional subjects in a style that tends towards the modern.
Features
  • Became friends with Canadian painter James Wilson Morrice.
  • Owned some fifteen etchings by the great master Rembrandt.