Artist: Jean-paul Riopelle (1923 - )
Nationality: Canadian
Movement: Modern Canadian School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Jean-Paul Riopelle began painting landscapes as a child, and eventually studied at Montreal Polytechnic majoring in architecture. In 1943, he reverted back to art and attended the Montreal Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Ecole du Meuble. His interest in abstraction developed when he met Paul-Emile Borduas, a member of the French-Canadian art group, Les Automatistes. They also sparked Riopelle’s interest in Surrealism and mechanical techniques. In 1947, he moved to Paris and continued his studies in Surrealism with the help of Marcel Decamp. His paintings became very sculptural as he began squeezing paint directly from the tube and shaping it with a palette knife. In the late 1950’s, Riopelle also created bronze sculptures of figures. His latest work is in mixed media and collage.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Jean-Paul Riopelle, untitled, plate on p. 156 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]), 1964
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Jean-Paul Riopelle, untitled, plate on pp. 56-57 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]), 1964
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Paul Riopelle, untitled, plate on p. 157 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]), 1964
Museum of Fine Arts -
©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Jean-Paul Riopelle USA, 1965 Photograph,
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R. Topor, The Persecution and Death of Jean Paul Marat, 1983
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Godefroy Engelmann, Vue de Convent de St. Jean et St. Paul, 18th - 19th century
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Adrien Didier, Jean Paul Laurens, 19th - 20th century
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John Paul Selinger, American, 1850-1909 The Water Seller 1878 Oil on canvas 116.84 x 55.24
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Jean Marie Paul Lafonde, Portrait of Verdi, 19th - 20th century
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Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, 19th century
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Jean Claude Richard Abbe"de Saint-Non, Solimene Sacristi de l"eglise de St. Paul a Naples, 1773
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Pierre-Paul Prud"hon, "Je ne me bats point contre un insensÈ," from Jean-Jacques Rousseau"s La Nouvelle HÈloise (1804), 1804
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Celebration of the Freedom of the Port of Antwerp, 1863 Paul-Jean Clays (Belgian, 1819-1900)Oil on
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Dress, fall/winter 1993-1994 Designed by Jean Paul Gaultier (French, b. 1952)Frenchacrylic; L. at center back:
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Paul Pontius, Portrait of Paul Pontius (Paul de Pont) Graveur, 17th century
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Porte de la Reine at Aigues-Mortes, 1867 Jean-Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841-1870)Oil on canvas; 31 3/4
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Paul Cezanne - The Artist's Son, Paul 1885-1890 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Paul Gavarni, Paul! mon ami! me prendriez-vous..., 19th century
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Mourner, ca. 1453 Étienne Bobillet (Franco-Netherlandish, active in Bourges, 1453); Paul de Mosselman (Franco-Netherlandish, active
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Mourner, ca. 1453 Étienne Bobillet (Franco-Netherlandish, active in Bourges, 1453); Paul de Mosselman (Franco-Netherlandish, active
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Paul Angier, Roman Ruins, After Paul Pannini, 18th century
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Paul Tournachon (Paul Nadar), Edmond Rostrand (1868-1918), circa 1896
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Paul Pontius, Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, Peintre, 17th century
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Chuck Close - Paul III 1996 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Paul Jean Clays - Ships lying off Flushing 1869 oil on wood The National Gallery, London French
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Paul Jean Clays - Ships lying near Dordrecht 1870 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Vincenzo Foppa - St. Paul 1450-1460 tempera on panel Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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RenÈ-Georges-Herman Paul (Hermann-Paul), Promeneuses (#65), 19th - 20th century
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RenÈ-Georges-Herman Paul (Hermann-Paul), Die Sprode, 19th - 20th century
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Paul Camille Guigou - The Banks of the River Durance at Saint Paul 1864 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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RenÈ-Georges-Herman Paul (Hermann-Paul), Bergsee, 19th - 20th century
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RenÈ-Georges-Herman Paul (Hermann-Paul), Bourgeoisie (sur velin), 19th - 20th century
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Artist: Thomas Frederick Arndt Title: Funeral of Archbishop, St. Paul Cathedral, St. Paul, Minnesota Date:
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RenÈ-Georges-Herman Paul (Hermann-Paul), Nude Woman, 19th - 20th century
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Pansies, 1903 Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)Oil on canvas; 9 x 11 1/8 in. (22.9 x
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Captain Swaton Attributed to Paulin Jénot (French, active by 1886, died after 1930)Oil on canvas;
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Peter Paul Rubens, Peter Paul Rubens - p.708 Harper"s Weekly, 8 September 1877, 16th - 17th century
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Francesco Ubertini - The Converstion of St. Paul 1530-35 oil on panel Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Italian
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Bruno Paul, Bruno Paul oder die Wucht des Komischen ([Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1960]), 1960
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Ambrogio Bergognone - Saint Paul late 15th centu oil on poplar The National Gallery, London Italian

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University: Max Stern: The Taste of a Dealer. Works from Private Collections Acquired Through the Dominion Gallery
Max Stern was born in Germany in 1904. He obtained a doctorate from the University of Bonn in 1928 after having pursued studies in art history throughout Europe.  Stern moved to England during the Second World War and subsequently immigrated to Ca...
Frick Collection: A Brush with Nature: The Gere Collection of Landscape Oil Sketches
Created by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists working out of doors, these plein-air sketches were painted quickly -- the artists often spent no more than two hours on a work -- and attempted to capture subtle atmospheric effects and...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Gestures: Postwar American and European Abstraction from the Permanent Collection
Abstract Expressionism and art informel emerged independently of one another in the mid-1940s and flourished during a redefining period. After World War II, the cultural environment in the United States was, by today’s standards, extremely natio...

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