Place: Born in Montréal, he worked in Paris, and between his two studios near Giverny, France and in the Quebec Laurentians
About the artist: Jean-Paul Riopelle was an internationally renowned artist, best known for his abstract paintings. In the 1940s he joined the Quebec Automatistes, a group of spontaneous painters who drew on their subconscious for inspiration. He later moved to Paris, continued to produce great works, and made connections with eminent artists. He returned to Quebec in the mid-1970s. During his career he attained fame and gallery representation in Paris, New York, and Montréal, and become one of the most internationally recognized Canadian painters of his era.
Jean-Paul Riopelle, Sans Titre (1960), gouache on paper
About the artwork: During the 1960s Riopelle explored new mediums. Sans Titre, a gouache work on paper, was painted in France and resisted trends of the French avant-garde at the time. The work employs tachisme, a 1950s French style of art, characterized by irregular dabs and splotches of color, applied haphazardly. He used this style with his own technique, of paints applied with palette knife and trowel.
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