Dr. François-Marc Gagnon

Dr. François-Marc Gagnon is the first Director and Chair of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art. Dr. Gagnon is internationally recognized as an outstanding senior scholar in Canadian visual culture. In 1999, he received the Order of Canada. He is a teacher, researcher, writer, and lecturer, and a tireless promoter of Canada’s visual heritage. A dynamic and inspiring teacher, he taught at the Université de Montréal for thirty-five years. He was also a lecturer in Concordia’s graduate art history program. Dr. Gagnon is a prolific researcher and has received the Governor General's Award for his 1978 critical biography of Paul-Émile Borduas. His other books include La Conversion par l’image (1975), Paul-Émile Borduas: Ecrits/Writings 1942-1958 (1978), Paul-Émile Borduas (1988) for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and Chronique du mouvement automatiste québécoise1941-1954 (1998). Other numerous monograph studies span the history of Quebec art, including such publications as Premiers peintres de la Nouvelle-France (1976) to recent writings on Riopelle. Dr. Gagnon also has written a substantial number of essays for exhibition catalogues and has curated a number of these exhibitions. In addition he has regularly contributed chapters to a lengthy list of books on Quebec visual culture. He has also been a regular contributor to The Journal of Canadian Art History/Annales de l’histoire de l’art canadien and is a member of its editorial board, among others. Many of his publications have received awards and all of his writings take pride of place in the history of Canadian and Quebec art.  In addition, Dr. Gagnon has been an honoured speaker at numerous scholarly conferences across Canada and also reached the wider community through his television series entitled Introduction à la peinture moderne au Québec for Canal Savoir. More recently he has presented a series of annual lectures on aspects of Canadian art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in conjunction with the Jarislowsky Institute. He has served on various boards of museums and is constantly called upon as a consultant to art and academic institutions.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS by Dr. François-Marc Gagnon
			“Un lieu de liberté.” in Riopelle à Baie Saint-Paul.  Baie Saint-Paul: Éditions d’art le  Sabord, 1999.
			Krieghoff: Images of Canada. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1999. (In collaboration with Dennis Reid and Ramsay Cook)
			Chronique du mouvement automatiste québécois (1941-1954). Montreal: Éditions Jacques Lanctôt, 1998.
			Images du castor canadien:XVIe-XVIIIe siècles.  Quebec: Septentrion, 1994.
			“Impressions negatives.” in Riopelle: Oeuvres vives.  Montreal, Michel Tétrault Art International, 1993.
			Paul-Émile Borduas.  Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1988.
			Hommes effarables et bestes sauvaiges.  Montreal: Boréal, 1986. (In collaboration with Denise Petel)
			Ces hommes dits sauvages.  Montreal: Libre Expression, 1984.
			Paul-Émile Borduas: Écrits/Writings (1942-1958).  Halifax: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1978. (In collaboration with Dennis Young)
			Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960): Biographie critique et analyse de l’oeuvre.  Montreal: Fides, 1978.
			Paul-Émile Borduas. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1976.
			Premiers peintres de la Nouvelle-France.  Quebec: Ministère des Affaires Culturelles, 1976. (2 volumes - in collaboration with Nicole Cloutier for Volume 2)
			La Conversion par l’image: Un aspect de la mission des Jésuites auprès des Indiens du Canada au XVIIe siècle.  Montreal: Éditions Bellarmin, 1975.
			Jean Dubuffet: Aux sources de la figuration humaine.  Montreal: Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 1972.