Max Jacquiard

Max Jacquiard has been painting steam trains since 1980. The Coquitlam resident has quietlybecome one of the most respected artists in Canada and North America in his specialized field of portraying steam locomotives.

Max has a sizable library of printed materials, photos and slides of steam trains and the locations and places they would have operated. It is that precise attention to details that sets Max apart from the other artists.

The sensitivity and passion that he infuses into his subject is what you feel in each and every one of his canvases. And this is what the Selection Committee of Canadian Railway Hall of Fame must have seen and felt when they selected and induced Max into the 2006 Canadian Railway Hall of Fame.

The evocative nature of Max’s paintings has captured the attention and hearts of landscape and steam buffs across Canada and around the world.