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René Gagnon
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
René Gagnon
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

René Gagnon

Canadian, 1928 - 2022
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Place ActiveSacre-Coeur, Quebec, Canada
René Gagnon was a prominent Quebec painter and draftsman who was born in Chicoutimi (formerly Cap-Sainte-Anne), Quebec and lived in l'Anse-de-Roche, Quebec. His works were in several museums including the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art. He was a self-taught artist, who first exhibited in Arvida. One of his paintings is part of the White House art collection.