Clarence Gagnon
The Beach at Dinard
Artist
Clarence Gagnon
Montreal 1881 – Montreal 1942
Title
The Beach at Dinard
Date
1909
Materials
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.2 x 61 cm
Credits
Gift of the Honourable and Mrs. Joseph-Édouard Perreault, inv. 1975.12
Collection
Quebec and Canadian Art
Aware of and open to modern trends, in 1907 Clarence Gagnon began painting in the lighter, more luminous palette seen in The Beach at Dinard. The successive planes of tents and groups of figures as well as the play of shadow and light on the sand, convey an effect of depth.
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