Fernand Préfontaine

Fernand Préfontaine (January 18, 1888 — January 10, 1949) was a Canadian architect, photographer, and art critic.^[1] Born in Montreal, Quebec, he completed his degree in architecture at the Polytechnique Montréal at the Université de Montréal in 1911.^[2] In 1918, he co-founded the progressive arts magazine Le Nigog with pianist and composer Léo-Pol Morin and writer Robert de Roquebrune.^[3] He pursued further studies in Paris, arriving there in 1919, at the École des Beaux-Arts and the École du Louvre; earning degrees in art history and archaeology.^[4]

Préfontaine, c. 1920

He worked as an architect in Montreal and died there on January 10, 1949, aged 60.^[4]