Low Tide. (Eel Weir) Baie St. Paul, 1955, oil on masonite, 12 x 16 inches, signed lower right, titled, dated and signed verso. Lorne Bouchard was born in Montreal. While he began drawing at the tender age of 7, he trained under the guidance of artist William Barnes. From 1928 to 1930, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal and from the very beginning, Clarence Gagnon encouraged him to paint Quebec landscapes.