Jean-Paul Riopelle, CC GOQ RCA (October 7, 1923 – March 12, 2002) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec. He had one of the longest and most important international careers of the sixteen signatories of the Refus Global , the 1948 manifesto that announced the Quebecois artistic community's refusal of clericalism and provincialism.

Jean-Paul Riopelle was a Canadian painter and sculptor who was widely regarded as Canada’s most important modern artist. His work, much of which was done in the Abstract Expressionist style, was often compared to that of American artist Jackson Pollock.

2002年3月12日 · Jean-Paul Riopelle, CC GOQ (7 October 1923 – 12 March 2002) was a painter and sculptor from Quebec, Canada. He became the first Canadian painter (since James Wilson Morrice) to attain widespread international recognition.

2025年1月20日 · Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923 – 2002) was an Abstract Expressionist best known for his non-representational landscapes. Riopelle used paint squeezed straight from the tube and liberally applied by a palette knife to craft his dense, large-scale mosaics.

Jean Paul Riopelle exhibits at the 61st Salon du printemps at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts in 1944. In 1946, he participates to the first Exposition automatiste taking place at 1257 Amherst Street in Montréal, with Paul-Émile Borduas, Marcel Barbeau, Fernand Leduc, Jean-Paul Mousseau, Pierre Gauvreau and Roger Fauteux. That year, his ...

Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) is one of Canada’s most significant artists of the twentieth century. Attracted to painting from a young age, in 1943 he enrolled in the art program at Montreal’s École du meuble, where he met the painter Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960).

Best known for his pioneering gestural abstractions, Jean-Paul Riopelle was one of the most influential Canadian artists of the 20th century. He participated in numerous avant-garde groups, including the European Art Informel and Lyrical Abstraction …

Jean-Paul Riopelle was a Canadian Abstract Expressionist best known for his non-representational landscape paintings. View Jean-Paul Riopelle’s 3,447 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.

Jean Paul Riopelle is born in Montréal on October 7, 1923. He is the son of Anna and Léopold Riopelle. Around 1936, Riopelle takes drawing and painting lessons with Henri Bisson, professor at Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague school, where he studies and exceeds expectations.

Jean Paul Riopelle was one of the most important artists of the 20th century and one of the first Canadian artists to gain major international recognition. He was one of the original signatories, along with Paul-Émile Borduas, of the Refus Global. Riopelle represented Canada at the 1962 Venice Biennale, where he won the UNESCO Award.