Today Is Art Day Puzzle – CLARENCE GAGNON | Village In The Laurentian Mountains

Dive into the world of Village in the Laurentian Mountains with this 300-piece puzzle, offering an inspiring way to rediscover this masterpiece piece by piece.

Village in the Laurentian Mountains by Clarence Gagnon is a luminous winter landscape capturing the quiet charm of rural Quebec. Painted in Gagnon’s distinctive style, the scene portrays a snow-covered village nestled among rolling hills, with cozy houses, a winding road, and a church steeple rising in the distance. The artist’s masterful use of soft light and warm tones against the cool whites of the snow evokes both the crispness and serenity of a winter day in the Laurentians. Gagnon’s attention to detail and sense of harmony celebrate the beauty of Quebec’s countryside and the simplicity of village life.

Clarence Alphonse Gagnon (1881-1942) was a French Canadian painter, draughtsman, engraver and illustrator. He is known for his landscape paintings of the Laurentians and the Charlevoix region of eastern Quebec and became famous for the illustrations in Louis Hémon’s novel Maria Chapdelaine. His first and only major solo exhibition, Clarence A. Gagnon. Paysage d’hiver dans les montagnes des Laurentides au Canada, marked him as a painter with his own interpretation of the Canadian winter and also as a painter known for his views of habitant life.

Today is Art Day began in 2014 when founder David Beaulieu paired his passion for art history with an interest in social media to share playful stories about famous artists and artworks.  Visiting museums around the world, he shared artworks, stories and discoveries directly from the source, turning museum visits into shared experiences for art lovers everywhere.  Today is Art Day is built on the idea of bringing fun, art-inspired objects into museum stores around the world.