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Jean Paul Riopelle

[Canadian Abstract Expressionist Painter, 1923-2002]

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One of Canada's most famous painters, Riopelle first came to prominence as a member of the Automatistes, a group of progressive writers and artists in Quebec. Led by Paul-Émile Borduas, other painters associated with the movement included Marcel Barbeau, Marcelle Ferron, Pierre Gauvreau, Fernand Leduc and Jean-Paul Mousseau.

In 1947 he moved to Paris and went on to became an important member of the informal group of expatriate artists known as the Ecole de Paris, which also included Marc Chagall and Natalia Goncharova.

He remained a Canadian art world icon, and received the Order of Canada in 1969. He eventually returned to Canada in the 1990's.

Riopelle passed away March 12, 2002.

 


 
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Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
3 lithographs

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Painting, 1955

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
3 paintings online

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick

Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
untitled (blue abstraction)

Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
untitled (orange and green abstraction)

Gallerie di Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza, Italy

MacKenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan
L'Hippocampe (Sea Horse), 1968

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Québec
Austria, 1954

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France (in French)  
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Musée du Québec, Quebec City
Spain

Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (MART), Italy
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Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Catalogue (in French)  
2 paintings online

Tate Gallery, London, UK

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran
Abstraction

Virtual Museum of Canada
Vallée, 1949-50

 
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Illustrated biographical entry

  
 
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