Horace Champagne
Horace Champagne, a Montreal-born artist and grandson of noted historical artist Charles Ernest de Belle, trained in fine art, graphic art, and design at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal and the Ottawa School of Art. He also attended workshops in the United States with Charles Movalli in Massachusetts and Daniel Green in New York. After a successful career in commercial art and advertising, he devoted himself full-time to his art in 1980 at the age of 42, exhibiting across Canada.
Champagne's love of the outdoors and fly fishing inspired many sketching trips to Northern Quebec, Ontario, the Rocky Mountains, Newfoundland, Europe, and the Northeastern United States. While he has worked with various media, he is best known for his dry pastel works, noted for their mastery of light and ability to capture the nuances of seasons, time, and mood. His subjects include landscapes, street scenes of Montreal and Old Quebec, and still lifes.
Horace Champagne resides in Sainte-Petronille, on Ile d’Orleans, Quebec, and continues to be active in his studio, surrounded by ancient birch trees, fields, farms, and the beauty of Old Quebec City.






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