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1923 Montreal, Canada - 2002 Ile Aux Grues, Canada. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting.
Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal, Canada in 1923. He was the only son of an architect and began painting when only eight years old. He later studied engineering at Montreal Polytechnique but... Read full biography
Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal, Canada in 1923. He was the only son of an architect and began painting when only eight years old. He later studied engineering at Montreal Polytechnique but switched to the serious study of art in the early 1940s. He moved to Paris in the 1940s where he... Read full biography
Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal, Canada in 1923. He was the only son of an architect and began painting when only eight years old. He later studied engineering at Montreal Polytechnique but switched to the serious study of art in the early 1940s. He moved to Paris in the 1940s where he became close friends with Albert Giacometti, Joan Miro and Samuel Beckett. Riopelle served as a fighter pilot near the end of World War II. After the war he . moved to France where he built an... Read full biography
Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal, Canada in 1923. He was the only son of an architect and began painting when only eight years old. He later studied engineering at Montreal Polytechnique but switched to the serious study of art in the early 1940s. He moved to Paris in the 1940s where he became close friends with Albert Giacometti, Joan Miro and Samuel Beckett. Riopelle served as a fighter pilot near the end of World War II. After the war he . moved to France where he built an international reputation in the 1950s and mingled with the intellectual celebrities of the era. He was a member of the informal group of expatriate artists known as the Ecole de Paris, which included Marc Chagall. From 1955 to 1979 he lived outside Paris with... Read full biography
Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal, Canada in 1923. He was the only son of an architect and began painting when only eight years old. He later studied engineering at Montreal Polytechnique but switched to the serious study of art in the early 1940s. He moved to Paris in the 1940s where he became close friends with Albert Giacometti, Joan Miro and Samuel Beckett. Riopelle served as a fighter pilot near the end of World War II. After the war he . moved to France where he built an international reputation in the 1950s and mingled with the intellectual celebrities of the era. He was a member of the informal group of expatriate artists known as the Ecole de Paris, which included Marc Chagall. From 1955 to 1979 he lived outside Paris with abstract painter Joan Mitchell. He. continued to live abroad until the early 1990... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Automatism, Automatic Writing, Drawing
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Icebergs, Glaciers
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
Art Association
- •Les Automatistes-
Awards/Recognition
- •Prix Louis-Philippe-Hebert
- •Priz Paul-Emile Borduas
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Dominion Gallery, Montreal
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Art Toronto
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Fifteen Canadian Artists, Museum of Modern Art, 1963
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Les Automatistes