A prolific artist whose reputation grew during the 1970s. He studied at the École des beaux-arts and soon saw his artistic ambitions curbed by the depression of the 1930s. He had to give his family’s needs priority, working in a hostelry until 1965, meanwhile arranging to continue to paint regularly with such friends as Marc-Aurèle Fortin Some of his works are views of Charlevoix and Old Quebec, executed from nature. In 1965, his career reached such a peak that it was possible for him to abandon the hotel industry for good to devote himself exclusively to his art.