Jean-Paul Riopelle

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Jean-Paul Riopelle

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Birthplace: Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death: March 12, 2002 (78)
Saint Antoine De L'Isle Aux Grues, Chaudière-Appalaches, QC, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Leon "Leopold" Paul Riopel and Private
Ex-husband of Françoise Riopelle
Ex-partner of Joan Mitchell
Father of Private and Private
Brother of Private

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About Jean-Paul Riopelle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Riopelle

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. He is best known for his abstract painting style, in particular his "mosaic" works of the 1950s when he famously abandoned the paintbrush, using only a palette knife to apply paint to canvas, giving his works a distinctive sculptural quality. He became the first Canadian painter since James Wilson Morrice to attain widespread international recognition.

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Jean-Paul Riopelle's Timeline

1923
October 7, 1923
Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2002
March 12, 2002
Age 78
Saint Antoine De L'Isle Aux Grues, Chaudière-Appalaches, QC, Canada