Charles Ignace Adélard Gill

Charles Ignace Adélard Gill or Clairon and Léon Duval
Born	21 October 1871 Sorel, Quebec
Died	16 October 1918
Nationality	Canadian
Field	poetry and painting
Training	Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal, Collège de Nicolet and Collège Saint-Laurent,

Charles Ignace Adélard Gill (21 October 1871 - 16 October 1918) was a Canadian artist, specialising in poetry and painting. He also worked under the alternate names Clairon and Léon Duval.

He was born at Sorel, Quebec to Charles-Ignace Gill and Marie-Rosalie Delphire Sénécal. After studies at Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal, Collège de Nicolet and Collège Saint-Laurent, he worked in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts. After returning to Montreal, he established his own studio in 1894.

Gill had one son, Roger-Charles, with his wife Georgine Bélanger (aka Gaétane de Montreuil, m. 12 May 1902). He died at Montreal from the 1918 flu pandemic just short of his 47th birthday.

External links

• Bélanger, Claude (2005). "Charles Gill". The Quebec History Encyclopedia. Marianopolis College. http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/CharlesGill-poet.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-09. 
• (French) "Fonds Charles-Gill (P192)". University of Ottawa. 5 January 1972. http://www.crccf.uottawa.ca/fonds/P192.html. Retrieved 2007-12-09. 
• (French) Brodeur, Caroline. "Charles Gill (1871-1918) Artiste, professeur". Université de Sherbrooke. http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/biographies/351.html. Retrieved 2007-12-09. 

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Name	Gill, Charles Ignace Adelard
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Date of birth	21 October 1871
Place of birth	Sorel, Quebec
Date of death	16 October 1918
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