Joseph St-Charles (1868-1956)
Session de peinture
Oil, 22” x 18”
7,500.
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Artist Origin:Canadian; born and active in Montréal, Québec.
Artist Type: Portrait Painter; Academic Painter; Figure Painter; Illustrator; Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Born: September 26, 1868, Montréal, Québec.
Died: April 30, 1956, Montréal, Québec.
Joseph St-Charles (1868–1956) was a distinguished Québec portrait painter whose refined academic style captured the personalities and social figures of late 19th- and early 20th-century Canada. Trained in Montréal and later in Paris, he developed a disciplined approach influenced by European academic traditions, combining precise draftsmanship with sensitivity to character and expression. Best known for his portraits of political figures, professionals, and cultural personalities, St-Charles contributed to the development of Canadian portraiture during a period of growing national artistic identity. His works remain valuable records of Québec society and the individuals who shaped its cultural history.
Dennis Reid, A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Oxford University Press, 1973; revised editions).
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