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(born Oct. 7, 1923, Montreal, Que., Can. — died March 12, 2002, Ile-aux-Grues, near Quebec City) Canadian painter and sculptor. He moved to Paris in 1947 and, with Paul-Émile Borduas, became associated with the group of Canadian painters known as Les Automatistes, who practiced automatism. His early lyrical, abstract paintings evolved into a denser, more powerful impasto style. He is renowned for his use of various media (including watercolour, ink, oils, crayon, and chalk), and he also produced large collage murals. He achieved international acclaim with the huge triptych Pavane (1954) and is the leading Canadian abstract painter of his generation.

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(b Montreal, bapt 7 Oct 1923). Canadian painter and sculptor. From an early age he drew extensively and painted landscapes from nature. From 1939 to 1941 he studied at Montreal Polytechnic while also taking a correspondence course in architecture. He temporarily abandoned painting in 1941, but from 1943 to 1945 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal and at the Ecole du Meuble, where he spent most of his time. He and like-minded painters, later known as LES AUTOMATISTES, met regularly in the studio of Paul-Emile Borduas, one of the teachers at the Ecole du Meuble, to discuss their ideas and in particular their interest from c. 1945 in abstract art, Surrealism and automatic techniques.

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Jean-Paul Riopelle

Born 7 October 1923 (1923-10-07)
Montreal
Died 12 March 2002 (2002-03-13)
Nationality Canadian
Field Painting, Sculpture
Movement Les Automatistes
Awards Companion, Order of Canada; Grand officer, National Order of Quebec

Jean-Paul Riopelle, CC, GOQ (7 October 1923 - 12 March 2002) was a painter and sculptor from Quebec, Canada.

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Biography

Born in Montreal, he studied under Paul-Émile Borduas in the 1940s and was a member of Les Automatistes movement. He was one of the signers of the Refus global manifesto. In 1949 he moved to Paris and continued his career as an artist, where he commercialized on his image as a "wild Canadian". In 1959 he began a relationship with the American painter Joan Mitchell.[1] Living together throughout the 1960s, they kept separate homes and studios near Giverny, where Monet had lived. They influenced one another greatly, as much intellectually as artistically, but their relationship was a stormy one, fueled by alcohol.[2] The relationship ended in 1979.[3] His 1992 painting Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg is Riopelle's tribute to Mitchell, who died that year, and is regarded as a high point of his later work.[4]

Work

Riopelle's style changed gradually from Surrealism to abstract expressionism, in which he used myriad soft cubes of colour, applied as flat planes with a palette knife, on large canvases to create powerful atmospheres.

Relocation of La Joute

Main article: La Joute
La Joute, by Jean-Paul Riopelle

Riopelle's 1969 work La Joute was originally located in the Parc Olympique, in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal. The work is an homage to his boyhood hockey heroes.[5] Its relocation to the Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle during the redevelopment of the Quartier international de Montréal in 2003 provoked controversy and outrage from residents of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, who claimed that moving it from the Parc Olympique deprived it of the context required for its full meaning as an homage to sport.

Those who supported the move, including the Quebec government, Riopelle's heirs, and the artwork's owner the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, argued that moving it would allow a proper homage to Riopelle, and that it would allow the work to be more widely seen and exhibited as the artist intended, whereas its previous location had been inaccessible and had not included the fountain or fire elements Riopelle designed.[6]

Legacy

Le Grand Jean Paul, Roseline Granet 2003, located at Parc Jean-Paul Riopelle in Montreal

In 1969 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, and began to spend more time in Canada. He was specially recognized by UNESCO for his work. One of his largest compositions was originally intended for the Toronto airport, but is now in the Opéra Bastille in Paris. In 1988 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec and was promoted to Grand Officer in 1994. In 2000 Riopelle was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.

In June, 2006 the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts organized a retrospective exhibition which was presented at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia and the Musee Cantini in Marseilles, France. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has a number of his works, spanning his entire career, in their permanent collection.

References

  1. ^ Jane Livingston, The Paintings of Joan Mitchell, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2002, p. 24
  2. ^ Jane Livingston, The Paintings of Joan Mitchell, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2002, p. 26
  3. ^ Jane Livingston, The Paintings of Joan Mitchell, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2002, p. 25
  4. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006845
  5. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006845
  6. ^ Lamarche, Bernard (2002-04-19). "La Joute au Stade olympique - Le Riopelle doit déménager pour assurer sa préservation" (in French) (HTML). Le Devoir. http://www.ledevoir.com/2002/04/19/861.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. 

Bibliography

  • Livingston, Jane, Joan Mitchell, Linda Nochlin and Yvette Y. Lee. The Paintings of Joan Mitchell. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2002. ISBN 0520235703

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