| Born in Montréal, Quebec in 1881. Died in the same city in 1942. In 1897, Clarence Gagnon RCA studied under William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal. After winning a number of prizes in 1899, he left for Paris in 1904, where he worked in the studio of painter Jean-Paul Laurens at the Julian Academy.
After returning to Quebec, he became an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1910 and a member in 1922. Between 1924 and 1936, Gagnon spent time in Paris and travelled throughout Europe. It was during this period that he illustrated a number of books, including Louis Hémon's Maria Chapdelaine and Rouquette's Le grand silence blanc. He returned to Quebec in 1936. |
