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Jean-Paul Riopelle Biography
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1923 |
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Born: Quebec, Canada
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1938 |
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studied architecture at École Polytechnique
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1942 - 1944 |
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studied at the École des Beaux-Arts
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1943 - 1945 |
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Part of the Canadian art group "the Automatistes"
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1945 |
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graduated from École du Meuble
began studying under instructor Paul Emile Bourdas
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1946 |
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moved to Paris, France and befriended Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Samuel Beckett, Andre Breton and Marcel Duchamp
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1948 |
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brief return to Canada, co-founder of Refus Global
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1955 |
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received honorable mention at the São Paulo Biennial
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1958 |
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awarded a Guggenheim International Prize
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1962 |
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awarded the UNESCO Prize at the Venice Biennale
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1969 |
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received the Order of Canada
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1974 |
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divided his time between St. Marguerite in Quebec and Saint-Cy-en-Arthies in France
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1955 - 1979 |
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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.
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1988 |
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received the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris
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2002 |
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Died: Quebec, Canada at age 78
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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Variation autour de Jean-Paul Riopelle, Galerie Orange & Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Canada
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2005
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(Retrospective), Galerie Orange, Montreal, Canada
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2005
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Estampes et Mutations, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada
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2004
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Pastels: 1962 - 1976, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada
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2000
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Works on Paper, Galerie Valentin, Montreal
"Jean-Paul Riopelle: Oils and Works on Paper 1946-1970," Gimpels Fils in London.
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1996
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Les plus belles estampes 1966-95, Simon Blais Gallery Montreal, Canada
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1991
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(Retrospective), Museum of Fine Arts Montreal, Canada
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1991
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(Retrospective), Museum of Fine Arts Montreal, Canada
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1981 - 1982
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(Retrospective), National Museum of Modern Art Paris, France
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1981
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(Retrospective), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musee du Quebec, Canada
the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City
the Contemporary Art Museum in Caracas
Musee d'Art Contemporain in Montreal
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1977
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Pierre Matisse Gallery held a retrospective exhibition, entitled 'Grands Formats'
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1972
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Museum of Modern Art Paris, France
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1967
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(Retrospective), Quebec Museum Quebec, Canada
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1966
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Regular Exhibitions, Maeght Gallery Paris, France
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1963
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(Retrospective), National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa
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1962
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(Retrospective), at the Venice Bienniale
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1957
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Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York City, New York
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1954
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solo exhibition, Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York City, New York
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1953
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'Younger European Painters,' Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City
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1949
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solo exhibition, at the Galerie La Dragonne in Paris, France
solo exhibition, Galerie Nina Dausset in Paris, France
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1947
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he was included in the last major group show of the Surrealist movement in 1947
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has had major retrospectives at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée du Québec in Montréal, and museums in Bâle, Caen, Caracas, Charleroi, Cologne, Hanover, Helsinki, Krefeld, Mexico City, Nancy, Rouen, St. Etienne, St. Paul de Vence, Toronto, and Wuppertal.
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| Literature |
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1997
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Robert Bernier et al, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Les visions d'Amérique, 1997
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1956
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Yseult Riopelle, Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné
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| Links to further information |
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