Crépuscule d’automne, Baie St. Paul, 1923 (circa)
12 x 18 cm
Inscriptions
signed with the artist's thumbprint (verso, upper right); titled, dated, numbered, and certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon, ‘“Crépuscule d’automne” / Baie St. Paul. (vers 1923). / 614 / Lucile Rodier Gagnon.’ (verso, Clarence A. Gagnon Inventory label); inscribed by Lucile Rodier Gagnon, ‘Clarence a. Gagnon / 358 ave Outremont’ (verso, lower right)Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Mrs. Lucile Rodier Gagnon, widow of the artist
Laing Galleries, Toronto
Private collection, Westmount, Quebec
By descent to the present private collection, Westmount, Quebec
Crépuscule d’automne, Baie St. Paul is a subtle representation of autumn in the Charlevoix region. Painted around 1923, the pochade shows a house set against a field in fall colours, with a distant forest in the background. Created during an extended period when Gagnon stayed in Baie-Saint-Paul, between 1919 and 1924, this work exemplifies his focus on the natural landscape and his ability to capture the essence of rural Quebec. Gagnon’s years in this region were marked by his exploration of both its terrain and its people, resulting in a lasting legacy of small, evocative landscape paintings.
