Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002)

Sans titre
Oil on canvas, 1950
19 x 24 centimeters, 7.5 x 9.5 inches.

Provenance :
Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris.
Art Impressionniste et Modern, Christie’s, Paris.

Illustrated Reference:
P. Schneider, Riopelle signes mêlés, Paris, 1972, no. 26, p. 19, illustrated in color.
D. Craven, The automatist paintings of Jean-Paul Riopelle, artscanada, Toronto, Mar/Apr 1981, p. 48, illustrated.
Y. Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonne 1939-1953, Montréal, 1999, vol. I, no. 1950.019H.1950, p. 234, illustrated in color.

Availability: Sold

Biography:

Jean Paul Riopelle 1923-2002. Enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal 1942, then in at the Ecole du Meuble,  graduating in 1945. There he studied with Paul-Emile Borduas,  a teacher who was extremely dedicated to his students and gave them a great deal of freedom.  It was under Borduas direction that Riopelle made his first abstract painting. Borduas and several of his students, including Riopelle, formed a group that worked, socialized and exhibited together (1942-45). The group became known as the Automatistes for their spontaneous method of painting, which drew on the subconscious as a source. In 1946 Riopelle first travelled to France, where he would return and settle the following year. In 1948 Borduas authored the manifesto Refus global, which was signed by a number of his students, including Riopelle.

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