Robert cauchon. Painter. Claremont, La Malbaie, Charlevoix County, Quebec. Active mid 20th century.
Robert Cauchon worked for his father who was a blacksmith and carriage maker. He began painting in his spare time and developed a distinctive style of painting; one that was certainly influenced by the artists of the Canadian school who spent the 1920’s and 1930’s in the Charlevoix County and surrounding country-side. He became good enough to be invited to show in New York galleries in the 1930’s. One such show (with three pictures by Cauchon) at the Metropolitan Museum in New York featured naive artists from around the world including French artist Henri Rousseau.
Robert Cauchon. A Charlevoix County Scene:
Robert Cauchon. A Charlevoix Scene. c.1960.
*There were several artists in this Charlevoix County group. Among them the painters and sculptors of the Bolduc and Bouchard families. The painters are featured in the publication listed below (“Charlevoix et ses peintures populaires”).
Ref: Dubé, Richard et François Tremblay, Peindre un pays: Charlevoix et ses peintres populaires, Laprairie: Éditions Broquet, 1989, 160 p. (Collection; Signature Plus), ISBN: 2-89000-105-9;
