Charles Gagnon
(1934 - 2003) Les Plasticiens
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C. Gagnon Biography
(1934 - 2003) Les Plasticiens
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied graphic art and interior design at the Parsons School of Design, New York, and painting at the Art Students’ League under Paul Brach. He returned to Montreal in 1960 where he held his first solo show. His work was shown in the Fifth and Fourth Canadian Biennials. His work tends towards geometric abstraction combined with action strokes.
He exhibited in Montreal at the Galerie Artek (1958), Salon de la Jeune Peinture (1960), “Montreal Painters” at Bishops University (1960), Galerie Denyse Delrue (1961) (later Galerie Libre); Salon du Printemps Musée des Beaux-Arts (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Hon. mention), two person show at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1963), Galerie Camille Hébert (1964); in Toronto at the Jerrold Morris International Gallery (1962) and others.
He is represented in the National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Sir George Williams University (presently Concordia University). He lived in Montreal.
Sources: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume I", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1977
