Porkopolis

Clarence Gagnon

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• Killing the Pig

• (1928–1933 ), mixed media on paper
• 7.4 x 7.6 in. (19.0 x 19.3 cm.)
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection
• 500 x 493 (73 KB)

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About the Artist

Clarence Gagnon, Canadian, (1881 — 1942). Born in Quebec, Gagnon studied first in Montréal under William Brymner and then at the Academie Julian, Paris, with the painter Jean-Paul Laurens.

Gagnon first achieved fame for his engravings. Later in his career he devoted himself to paintings the daily life of Habitants - farmers of French descent or origin throughout the Province of Quebec. He became a member of the Royal Society of Canada and later he was elected associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.