Centre d'Art Marcel Gagnon - Sainte- Flavie, QC
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The Centre d'Art Marcel Gagnon is the workshop and art gallery of a family of artists: Marcel Gagnon, his wife Ghislaine Carrier and their sons Guillaume and Jean-Pierre.
Waymark Code: WMFBB8
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 09/23/2012
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Marcel Gagnon is a painter, sculptor, writer and founder of the Centre d'Art in 1984. He is the author of a work of art that is unique in the world: Le Grand Rassemblement (The Great Gathering). This artwork is composed of over 100 life-size sculptures that emerge from the St. Lawrence river in front of the art gallery. (See our pictures)
Ghislaine Carrier is a watercolour and acrylic painter and writer and has more than 20 years of artistic life. In 1993 she founded a publishing house: Édition du Grand Rassemblement.
Guillaume Gagnon is a naïve art painter and since 2004, he paints with oil on a black background. He is the owner of Centre d'Art Marcel Gagnon since 1999.
Jean-Pierre Gagnon is an artist painter since 2001, at the frontier between naïve and figurative art. His gallery and workshop is on the second floor of the Centre d'Art where he likes to paint in front of visitors. (See his website for more information)
Centre d'Art Marcel Gagnon is open from May to the end of September.
Note: Our picture of Guillaume Gagnon while he was painting inside the Centre d'Art was taken with the permission of the artist.
Address:
564 route de la Mer
Sainte-Flavie, Québec
Canada
G0J 2L0
Artist info:
Marcel Gagnon is a painter, sculptor and writer; Ghislaine Carrier is a watercolour painter and writer; Guillaume Gagnon is a painter and the owner of the Centre d'Art and his brother Jean-Pierre Gagnon is also a painter.
Type of studio: Art studio
Webpage that tells more about the artist: [Web Link]
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