Joseph-Charles Franchère (March 4, 1866 – May 12, 1921) was a painter, illustrator and church decorator in Montreal, Quebec.

[1][2] Joseph-Charles Franchère was born in Montreal and studied painting at the Conseil des arts et manufactures de la province de Québec with Joseph Chabert and in the studio of painter-decorator François-Xavier-Édouard Meloche.

He returned to Montreal in 1890 and along with his contemporaries Ludger Larose, Henri Beau, Joseph Saint-Charles and Charles Gill received a commission for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of the basilica of Our Lady of Montreal.

[2] During this time, Franchère gained admission to the École des Beaux-Arts and began submitting his work to the annual exhibitions of the Art Association of Montreal and to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

He was elected an associate and exhibited his work in Canada at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts,[4] and as part of the World's Fair in Chicago (1893), in Buffalo (1901) and in St. Louis (1904).