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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
THE BEST DEAL IN QUEBEC CITY ($1.75 FERRY CROSSING FROM LEVIS THROUGH THE ICE FLOWS [SIC])
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Horace Champagne PSEC (1937)
Horace Champagne is a very well known Canadian painter and draftsman. (1)
He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He has lived in Sainte-Petronille (Ile d'Orléans), Québec since 1988 with a second studio in Rose Blanche, Newfoundland. (2)
Though he has worked in oils and watercolor, his primary medium is dry pastel* on paper. His subjects include landscapes, snowscapes, shore lines, seascapes, harbors, the Rocky Mountains, street scenes, still life, figures, farms, genre* and interiors. The painting locations are from his regular travels across Canada (Newfoundland to Vancouver Island), through the Eastern United States, as well as in France, Italy and elsewhere in Europe. His styles are Plein Air* and Realism*. AskART has some excellent illustrations of his work.
Champagne’s art education includes studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts*, Montreal (1952 – 1954) and much later at the Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario (1979). He has also taken workshop classes with Charles J. Movalli (1978 – 1979) and Daniel E. Greene (1983) [see both in AskART].
His career includes working as a commercial artist until 1980; and teaching at the Ottawa School of Art and privately.
He is a member of the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada (1983), and has been a member of the Pastel Society of America* (1983) and the Pastel Society of the West Coast (1990). (3)
His works have also been exhibited with the Pastel Society of France and the Pastel Society of Canada; as well as in many prestigious Canadian commercial galleries such as Wallack Galleries, Ottawa; Masters Gallery, Calgary; and Galerie D'art Vincent, Ottawa.
The Canadian auction market frequently trades Champagne’s works; and they are in many private and corporate collections.
His awards include a First Prize, Pastel Society of France (1987); and a First Prize, Pastel Society of Canada (1995).
Footnotes:
(1) Champagne is one of only five members ranked as a Master Pastelist in the 244 member Pastel Society of Eastern Canada. Source: Pastel Society of Eastern Canada.
Note: In the PSA, Master Pastelist is a recognition derived from a combination of juried exhibitions into which the artist’s works have been accepted and juried awards won. There are 90 Master Pastelists in the Pastel Society of America* which has over 900 members. In the PSEC, Master Pastelists are selected by a jurying process which reviews the candidates’ complete dossiers. “In the case of Horace Champagne, the executive unanimously agreed that he was to be nominated as an honorary master for PSEC in regard to his outstanding career and accomplishments in the professional world with the pastel medium.” Sources: Pastel Society of America; and Suzanne Godbout, President, Pastel Society of Eastern Canada.
(2) Ile d'Orléans is an island in the St. Lawrence River about 10 miles (across a bridge) from Quebec City. Sainte-Petronille is a village of about 1100 people. Rose Blanche is a fishing village of about 550 people on the south west coast of Newfoundland. Source: Statistics Canada – http://www.statcan.gc.ca/search-recherche/index-eng.htm.
(3) His name is not on the current (2011) membership lists of the PSA or PSWC. Only the PSEC is noted on the Horace Champagne website. However this line was found on the PSEC website, “The Pastel Society of Eastern Canada was founded in Montreal in 1995. Our Society is a member of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), The Pastel Society of America (PSA), and Paste Artists Canada (PAC).” Source: Pastel Society of Eastern Canada – http://www.pastelsec.com/psec/english/mission-e.php.
Sources:
– "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists" (1974), by Colin S. MacDonald (see AskART book references).
– "The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction" (2001), by Anthony R. Westbridge and Diana L. Bodnar (see AskART book references).
– “Magazin’art: Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries, 2000 – 2001” (2000), edited by Lise Goulet and Jean-Guy Thibault (see AskART book references).
– The Canadian Heritage Information Network*.
– Horace Champagne.com.
– Masters Gallery, Calgary.
– Pastel Society of Eastern Canada.
– Pastel Society of America*.
– Pastel Society of the West Coast.
* For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see AskART.com Glossary http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx.
Prepared and contributed by M.D. Silverbrooke.
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