Claire Beaugrand-Champagne Explained

Claire Beaugrand-Champagne
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec
Nationality:	Canadian
Field:	photography
Education:	Collège Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Marylebone Institute, CEGEP du Vieux-Montreal,
Website:	http://www.clairebeaugrandchampagne.ca

Claire Beaugrand-Champagne (born 1948) is a Canadian documentary photographer. She is known for her socially engaged work and, having started her career in 1970, is considered the first female press photographer in Quebec.^[1] She was a member of the Groupe d'action photographique (GAP) alongside Michel Campeau, Gabor Szilasi, Roger Charbonneau et Pierre Gaudard

Beaugrand-Champagne's is known for her work documenting Quebec society, including contributing to Disraeli, une expérience humaine en photographie (1972-1974).^[2] Created alongside fellow GAP member Michel Campeau, the project showcases daily life in the province's rural societies. The artist has taken a similar approach with solo projects. Her work Thien & Hung (1980 -1995), Beaugrand-Champagne photographer a refugee couple over fifteen years of their adjustment to life in Canada. Issues related to refugees in Canada, including housing and discrimination, have become a focus of her contemporary work.

Her photographs are part of several museum collections including: National Gallery of Canada, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Library and Archives Canada and McCord Museum.

She trained at the Collège Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Marylebone Institute and the CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal^[3]

Major exhibitions

• Claire Beaugrand-Champagne. Émouvante Vérité. Photographies de 1970 à 2013, McCord Museum, Montreal, December 2013 - April 2014^[4]
• La photographie d'auteur au Québec - Une collection prend forme au musée, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, July 2013 - December 2013^[5]
• Femmes artistes. L'éclatement des frontières, 1965-2000. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, June 2010 - October 2010^[6]
• Déclics. Art et Société. Le Québec des années 60 et 70. Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal and Musée de la civilisation, Québec, May 1999 - October 1999^[7]
• Esthétiques actuelles de la photographie au Québec, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, July 1982 and Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, December 1982 - January 1983

Bibliography

• Pierre, Landry. Le documentaire et au-delà, Femmes artistes du XXe siècle au Québec. collection Arts du Québec, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 2010
• Claire Beaugrand-Champagne. Des gens de mon quartier, Les Éditions Libre Expression, 2004
• Photography in Canada, 1839 - 1989: An Illustrated History by Sarah Bassnett and Sarah Parsons from the Art Canada Institute.
• Sandra Grant-Marchand. Esthétiques actuelles de la photographie au Québec : Onze photographes. Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 1982

External links

• Fonds Claire Beaugrand-Champagne (R9761) at Library and Archives Canada

Notes and References

1. Web site: Claire Beaugrand-Champagne . National Gallery of Canada . 1999 . 2017-03-05.
2. Book: Bassnet, Sarah . Photography in Canada, 1839 - 1989: An Illustrated History . Parsons . Sarah . Art Canada Institute . 2023 . 978-1-4871-0309-5 . Toronto.
3. Web site: Claire Beaugrand-Champagne . Claire Beaugrand-Champagne . 2017-03-05.
4. Web site: Claire Beaugrand-Champagne. Émouvante Vérité. Photographies de 1970 à 2013. Musée McCord . 2013 . 2017-03-05.
5. Web site: Past Exhibitions . Montreal Museum of Fine Arts . 2017-03-05.
6. Web site: Femmes artistes. L'éclatement des frontières, 1965-2000 . Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec . 2010 . 2017-03-05.
7. Web site: Des artistes de leur temps . Revue d'art contemporain ETC . 2000 . 2017-03-05.