Fernand Préfontaine (January 18, 1888 — January 10, 1949) was a Canadian architect, photographer, and art critic. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he completed his degree in architecture at the Polytechnique Montréal at the Université de Montréal in 1911. In 1918 he co-founded the progressive arts magazine ''Le Nigog'' with pianist and composer

Léo-Pol Morin Léo-Pol Morin (13 July 1892 – 29 May 1941) was a Canadian pianist, music critic, composer, and music educator. He composed under the name James Callihou, with his most well known works being ''Suite canadienne'' (1945) and ''Three Eskimos'' f ...

and writer Robert de Roquebrune. 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. He worked as an architect in Montreal and died there in 1949.

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