Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec

CURRENT EXHIBITION

Riopelle

July 31, 2008—December 31, 2009

The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec owns one of the most representative collections of the production of Jean-Paul Riopelle, including works dating from 1944 to 1992. The exhibition spotlights an overview of this impressive collection.

Born in Montréal in 1923, Jean-Paul Riopelle is one Québec’s best-known painters on the international scene. In 1946, he participated in the first Automatiste events. In 1948, he co-signed the Refus global manifesto. In the 1950s, he was involved in major international contemporary art events. His works are arenas of energy, tensions and vibrations. From the 1970s to the late 1980s, Riopelle divided his time between his Lac Masson studio in the Laurentians and his residences and studios in France. He spent the last years of his life on Isle-aux-Grues, where he passed away in 2002.

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