Maria Chapdelaine. Illustrations de Clarence Gagnon. First edition.
Paris: Editions Mornay, 1933. Small 4to. 20 x 25cm. Original wraps. One of 2000 numbered copies on Rives [4], 206pp. 54 color illustrations. Very good...
Clarence Alphonse Gagnon was a painter, draughtsman, engraver and illustrator who was born in Montreal on November 8, 1881. From 1897 to 1900, Gagnon studied drawing and painting under William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal. In 1904, Gagnon left for Paris to work in the studio of Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian. He was able to distinguished himself early in his career by the fine quality of his engravings. Gagnon won a gold medal at the St. Louis Exhibition in 1904 and an honourable mention at the Salon des artistes français in Paris in 1905. From 1909 to 1914, Gagnon moved between Canada, France, and Norway; always working up the sketches he had made in Quebec....
Hémon Louis. Maria Chapdelaine. Paris, Mornay, 1933 ; petit in-4° broché. Un des
beaux livres de l'entre-deux-guerres dont la réalisation technique s'est étendue sur
quatre années.
Il est orné de 54 COMPOSITIONS DU PEINTRE CANADIEN CLARENCE GAGNON,
GRAVÉES SUR BOIS ET TIRÉES EN COULEURS. Ces dernières dans des tons riches
et délicats ont nécessité de nombreux tirages et ralenti la publication. Papier vélin crème de Rives. Item #16-4314
Price: $1,500.00