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Biography
1923
Born: in Montreal, Canada
1938
Studied architecture at École Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada
1942 - 1944
Studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada
1943 - 1945
Part of the Canadian art group "the Automatistes"
1945
Graduated from École du Meuble, Montreal, Canada Began studying under instructor Paul Emile Bourdas
1946
Moved to Paris, France and befriended Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Samuel Beckett, Andre Breton and Marcel Duchamp
1948
Brief return to Canada, co-founder of Refus Global
1955
Received honorable mention at the São Paulo Biennial
1958
Awarded a Guggenheim International Prize
1962
Awarded the UNESCO Prize at the Venice Biennale
1969
Received the Order of Canada
1973
Received the Philippe Hébert Prize
1974
Divided his time between St. Marguerite in Quebec and Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies in France
1955 - 1979
Lover and companion of Joan Mitchell, an important figure in the second generation of American Abstract Expressionists. They lived together in Paris for most of the 1950s and 1960s.
1981
Awarded the ‘Prix Paul-Émile Borduas’ in honour of his body of work
1988
Received the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris
2002
Died: in Quebec, Canada
Exhibitions
2010
"Riopelle", Musée Maillol, Paris, France (solo)
2009
"Riopelle. Au dela du all-over: les années soixante", Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada (solo) "Riopelle: Grands Formats", Acqavella Galleries, New York, NY (solo) "Riopelle", Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France (solo)
2006
"Variation autour de Jean-Paul Riopelle", Galerie Orange & Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Canada (solo)
2005
"Retrospective", Galerie Orange, Montreal, Canada (solo) "Estampes et Mutations", Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada
2004
"Pastels: 1962 - 1976", Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada
2000
"Works on Paper", Galerie Valentin, Montreal, Canada "Jean-Paul Riopelle: Oils and Works on Paper 1946-1970", Gimpels Fils in London, London, UK (solo)
1996
"Les plus belles estampes 1966-95", Simon Blais Gallery Montreal, Canada
1992
Villa Bagatelle, Quebec, Canada
1991
"Retrospective", Museum of Fine Arts Montreal, Canada
1989
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY Claude Lafitte Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1981 - 1982
"Rétrospective", National Museum of Modern Art Paris, France (solo)
1981
"Rétrospective", Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo) Musee du Quebec, Canada The Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, Mexico The Contemporary Art Museum in Caracas, Venezuela Musée d'Art Contemporain in Montreal, Canada
1977
"Grands Formats: Retrospective", Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1976
Galerie Gilles Corbeil, Montreal, Canada
1972
Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
1969
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY
1967
"Retrospective", Quebec Museum Quebec, Canada
1966
Regular Exhibitions, Maeght Gallery, Paris, France
1965
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY
1963
"Retrospective", National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Canada Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
1962
"Retrospective", Venice Bienniale, Venice, Italy
1957
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1956
Gimpel Gallery, London, UK Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY
1955
Sao Paulo Bienniale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1954
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Venice Bienniale, Venice, Italy
1953
"Younger European Painters", Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
1949
Galerie La Dragonne in Paris, France (solo) Galerie Nina Dausset in Paris, France (solo)
1947
"International surrealist exhibition", Galerie Maeght, Paris, France
Selected Publi collections:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Québec, Canada Musée du Québec, Quebec, Canada Tate Gallery, London, UK
Literature
2004
Riopelle, Yseult. Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné, Tome 2. Montreal: Hibou Editeurs, 2004
2002
Viau, René. Jean-Paul Riopelle, la traversée du paysage. Canada: Leméac, 2002
1997
Bernier, Robert. Jean-Paul Riopelle, Les visions d'Amérique, 1997
1981
Jean-Paul Riopelle, Peinture 1946-1977. Edité par Michel Martin. Paris/ Grenoble: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981 Robert,Guy. Chasseur d’images, Editions France-Amérique, Montreal, 1981
Robert, Guy. Riopelle ou la poetique du geste. Montreal: Les Editions de l’Homme,1970
1962
Jean-Paul Riopelle: Paintings and Sculpture. Edité par Charles F. Comfort. Venice, Italy: XXXI International Biennial of Art, 1962 Jean-Paul Riopelle: Painting and Sculpture/ Peinture et Sculpture. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1962
1956
Riopelle, Yseult. Jean Paul Riopelle: Catalogue Raisonné 1939-1953. Tome 1. Montreal: Hibou Editeurs, 1999
