Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir | Jean-Paul Riopelle | Montreal | June 20- July 8, 2023
June 20- July 8, 2023
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir
In Person viewing:
5333 Casgrain Avenue, suite 802 Montreal, H2T 1X3, Canada
Online viewing:
https://www.piroir.com/nouvel-index/#jean-paul-riopelle-fr-2023
Jean Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal in 1923. Following studies at the Polytechnic School and the Montreal Furniture School, he joined the Automatistes group alongside Paul-Émile Borduas and was a co-signer of Refus Global in 1948 That same year, he moved to Paris where he lived for many years.
In the early 1950s his large mosaic paintings painted with a spatula earned him resounding success. From then on, the artist never ceased to accumulate tokens of recognition: in addition to several prestigious prizes, several museums devoted major retrospective exhibitions to him from 1967. Jean-Paul Riopelle’s considerable body of work includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and engravings. Jean-Paul Riopelle died in Isle-aux-Grues, Quebec in 2002.
