Image: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Vaughan
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection has highlighted Clarence Gagnon’s painting ‘On the Beach of Baie St. Paul’ in a social-media post published on August 17, 2026. The notice presents the work through the artist’s move from Paris to Baie-Saint-Paul and identifies the painting as an early example of his engagement with the Quebec village.
Gagnon was born in Montreal. According to the McMichael notice, he spent three years studying painting in Paris before leaving the French capital in 1907 for Baie-Saint-Paul, a small village on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The post describes the move as a change of setting from Paris to the Charlevoix-area community. It does not provide further information about the painting’s materials, dimensions, ownership, display location or acquisition history.
‘On the Beach of Baie St. Paul’ was painted two years after Gagnon’s arrival in Baie-Saint-Paul, placing its date of execution in 1909. The title identifies the work’s subject as the shoreline of the village, while the notice frames it within the artist’s transition from his Paris studies to work made in Quebec.
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, based in Vaughan, Ontario, shared the reference as a focused artwork feature rather than an announcement of an exhibition or event. The available source material does not specify whether the painting is currently on view, nor does it give dates for any presentation associated with the work.
