CLAUDE LANGEVIN (1942-) I.F.A.

PROMENADE LAURENTIDES 20″ x 24″ ……SOLD!

COUCHER DE SOLEIL 24″ x 30″……SOLD!

A Quebec based painter born in Montreal, 1942. Claude Langevin is best known for his winter scenes of small rural villages with people going about their daily lives. From 1961 to 1966, he worked in Montreal at his cousins studio as a commercial painter using acrylic paints applied with a spatula. In 1966, Langevin set off on his own, holding exhibitions of his artwork across Canada and the United States. In the early seventies he set up his own studio in Sainte-Adele in the Laurentions and became a co-owner of several art galleries in the Montreal and Sherbrooke areas.

In the latter part of the 1970’s, inspired by the works of Tom Thomson and Clarence Gagnon, Langevin took a new approach to his painting. He left the studio to paint outdoors; however, his acrylic and spatula technique dried too fast and didn’t allow him to capture his feelings of the outdoor atmosphere. Thus, he transitioned to oil paints and brushes for his newly adopted style of painting.  By 1980, his new paintings were exhibited in both Montreal and Toronto with great success. For further inspiration, he traveled about the Saguenay, Charlevoix and Gaspe regions, often painting along side Paul “Tex” Lecor and capturing the picturesque countryside. In 1986, when Lecor had the idea to form the Institute of Figurative Arts (I.F.A.), Langevin became a member.

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