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Clarence Gagnon
1881Nov, 8

Clarence Gagnon

Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
Clarence Alphonse Gagnon, LL.D. (November 8, 1881 – January 5, 1942) was a French Canadian painter, draughtsman, engraver and illustrator, from the province of Quebec. He is well known for his landscape paintings of the Laurentians and the Charlevoix region of eastern Quebec.

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