Charles Gill (artist)
Charles Ignace Adélard Gill 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.
He also published poetry in the anthology Les soirées du Château de Ramesay. After his death a volume of his poetry was published under the title Le Cap Eternité, poème suivi des étoiles filantes.
Gill had one son, Roger-Charles, with his wife Georgine Bélanger. He died at Montreal from the 1918 flu pandemic just short of his 47th birthday.
