Françoise PAGNUELO (1918 - 1957) Canadian

“Polyanthus”, oil on board, 24 x 20 inches, signed lower right, Art Association of Montreal 61st Spring Exhibition 1944 label verso. Francoise Pagnuelo studied fine art in Montreal under Edwin Holgate, Lilias Torrence Newton, Thomas Reid MacDonald, Harold Beament, Adam Sheriff Scott, and Jean-Paul Lemieux. She exhibited regularly from 1940 to 1956 and showed at The Art Association of Montreal - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1940-44 & in 1953) Henry Morgan & Co. Ltd. (943), the Art Gallery of Toronto (1950) and the Independent Art Association (1956). Pagnuelo’s subject matter included urban scenes, architectural, marines, still-lifes, portraits, along with landscapes of Montreal, the Laurentians, Gaspé, and New England. She is an admirable painter in the post-impressionist tradition.