{"id":37223578065,"date":"2024-08-06T14:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=37223578065"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:30:16","slug":"2024-maria-chapdelaine","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/fr\/exposition\/2024-maria-chapdelaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Chapdelaine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maria Chapdelaine<\/h1><\/div>
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November 23, 2024 – February 17, 2025<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Clarence Alphonse Gagnon (1881\u20131942), The Chapdelaine Farm<\/em>, 1928\/1933, watercolour and gouache with pastel or coloured pencil ? on paper, sheet: 20.4 x 26 cm; image: 16.4 x 22.2 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin, 1969.4.7<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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About the Exhibition<\/h3><\/div>

Among the great treasures of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection is a group of 54 jewel-like miniatures by the artist Clarence Gagnon. Completed in the early 1930s, these are the final paintings made for what is arguably the most famous illustrated book by a Canadian artist: Maria Chapdelaine<\/i>, a novel written by the French novelist Louis H\u00e9mon and published in 1933 by \u00c9ditions Mornay in Paris. These paintings were gifted to the McMichael in 1969 by Colonel R.S. McLaughlin and were the first works by a francophone Quebec artist to enter the collection.<\/p>\n

Due to conservation concerns, these delicate artworks can only be displayed once every three years and the McMichael is delighted to have them on view for the 2024 holiday season. Visitors can also purchase a book with the entire suite of fifty-four illustrations from the Gallery Shop. The book includes an essay by Ian M. Thom, former Chief Curator at the McMichael and most recently, Senior Historical Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Parmi les tr\u00e9sors de la Collection <\/span>McMichael<\/span> d\u2019art canadien <\/span>figur<\/span>e<\/span>nt <\/span>54 <\/span>v\u00e9ritables bijoux cr\u00e9\u00e9s par<\/span> l\u2019ar<\/span>tiste qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois <\/span><\/span>Clarence Gagnon <\/span><\/span>(1881<\/span>–<\/span>1942). <\/span>Achev\u00e9es au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1930, ces \u0153uvres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es pour orner ce qui constitue sans doute l\u2019ouvr<\/span>age illustr\u00e9 le plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre mis en image par un artiste canadien <\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Maria Chapdelaine<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>un texte \u00e9crit par le romancier fran\u00e7ais <\/span>Louis H\u00e9mon <\/span>et publi\u00e9 en <\/span>1933 <\/span>aux <\/span>\u00c9ditions Mornay <\/span>\u00e0<\/span> Paris. <\/span>Ces peintures, dont le colonel R.S. McLaughlin a fait don au <\/span>McMichael<\/span> en 1969,<\/span> constituent les premi\u00e8res \u0153uvres d\u2019un artiste francophone \u00e0 entrer dans notre collection<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Par souci de conservation, ces peintures ne peuvent \u00eatre expos\u00e9es que tous les trois \u00e0 cinq ans. Le <\/span>McMichael<\/span> est heureux de pouvoir les pr<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>senter p<\/span>endant<\/span> la saison des F\u00eates 2024<\/span>, <\/span>o\u00f9 elles accompagneront notre exposition <\/span><\/span>Le Fleuve des r\u00eaves\u202f: l\u2019impressionnisme et le Saint-Laurent<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Clarence Alphonse Gagnon (1881\u20131942), Christmas Mass<\/em>, 1928\/1933, pastel and\/or coloured pencil on paper, sheet: 21.7 x 23.8 cm; image: 18.2 x 21.8 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin, 1969.4.34<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Clarence Alphonse Gagnon (1881\u20131942), The Betrothal<\/em>, 1928\/1933, gouache sur monotype couleur sur papier, feuille : 24,1 x 26,5 cm; image : 21,5 x 22,6 cm, don du colonel R.S. McLaughlin, La Collection d\u2019Art Canadien McMichael, 1969.4.5<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Clarence Alphonse Gagnon (1881\u20131942), Picking Blueberries<\/em>, 1928\/1933, pastel and\/or coloured pencil with charcoal on paper, sheet: 21.4 x 24.3 cm; image: 17.9 x 20.1 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin, 1969.4.22<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Clarence Alphonse Gagnon (1881\u20131942), Sleeping on the Way Home<\/em>, 1928\/1933, watercolour and gouache over graphite on paper, sheet: 22 x 24 cm; image: 18.5 x 19.1 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin, 1969.4.5<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Matin\u00e9e francophone:<\/h4><\/div>

Clarence Gagnon\u2019s Maria Chapdelaine<\/h3><\/div>

Saturday, December 14, 2024 | 10 am to 12 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free with gallery admission. Registration required.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Livestream Tour<\/h4><\/div>

Live from the McMichael:
\nMaria Chapdelaine<\/p><\/h3><\/div>

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | 7 pm | English
\nWednesday, January 29, 2025 | 7 pm | French
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Free. Registration required. Virtual via Zoom.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Clarence Alphonse Gagnon (1881\u20131942), Christmas Mass<\/em>, 1928\/1933, pastel and\/or coloured pencil on paper, sheet: 21.7 x 23.8 cm; image: 18.2 x 21.8 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin, 1969.4.34<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Curatorial Talk<\/h4><\/div>

Speaker: John Geoghengan<\/h3><\/div>

Sunday January 26, 2025 | 2 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free with gallery admission. Registration required.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Spotlight Tour<\/h4><\/div>

Maria Chapdelaine<\/h3><\/div>

Wednesdays | 12:30 pm | French
\nFridays and Saturdays | 2 pm | English
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Free with gallery admission. Registration required.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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