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Clarence Gagnon was born in 1887. He received his artistic training at the Art Association of Montreal under William Brymner from 1897-1900. In 1903, the generosity of art patron James Morgan allowed him to go to Paris and study in the studio of painter Jean-Paul Laurens.

Gagnon distinguished himself early in his career by the quality of his engravings. He won a gold medal at the St. Louis Exhibition in 1904 and an honourable mention the following year at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.

Returning to Canada in 1909, Gagnon divided his time between Montreal and Baie-St-Paul. He became a member of the Royal Society of Canada and later he was elected Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy. He felt compelled to return to France in 1917 and, while in Paris, continued to paint canvases based on his earlier sketches of Quebec villages.

Gagnon returned to Canada to marry in 1919, where he remained until 1924. During this period he sketched with A.Y. Jackson and Edwin Holgate at Baie Ste Paul. He received the Trevor Prize of the Salmagundi Club of New York, illustrated Le Grand Silence Blanc (1929) and the deluxe edition of Louis Hamon’s Maria Chapdelaine (1933).

Upon his return from a second stay in France from 1922-1936, the Université de Montreal awarded him an honorary doctorate.

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