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	Jean-Paul Riopelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jean-Paul Riopelle (7 October 1923 - 12 March 2002) was a painter and sculptor from Quebec.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean-Paul_Riopelle (196 words)

	Riopelle, Jean-Paul
		Riopelle, Jean-Paul, painter, sculptor and engraver (b at Montréal 7 Oct 1923, d at Île-aux-Grues, Qué Mar 12 2002).
		It is often said of Riopelle that he "returned to figures" in the 1980s, but it could also be said that he never really left them.
		During the 1960s Riopelle diversified his means of expression, turning also to ink on paper, watercolours, lithography, collage and oils.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006845 (556 words)

	Ma Collection Etiquettes de Vin - Jean Paul Riopelle
		Jean Paul Riopelle was born on Ocober 7, 1923 in Montréal.
		Riopelle discovered his own style around 1953, by painting with a knife or directly with the paint tubes, which lent a mosaic-like aspect to his works.
		Riopelle is represented in the major Canadian museums, as well as those in Paris (M.N.A.M), Cologne (W.R.M.), London (Tate Gallery) and New York (M.O.M.A.).
	www.labelwine.info /labelwine.info_labels_jeanpaulriopelle.htm (274 words)

	Toronto Congress Centre : Jean-Paul Riopelle
		Riopelle, Jean-Paul, Painter, sculptor (born at Montreal 7 Oct 1923).
		Riopelle went to Paris shortly after WWII, participated in the Automatiste exhibition at the Galerie du Luxembourg, and signed the surrealist manifesto Ruptures inaugurates.
		In 1946 Riopelle exhibited in Montreal along with Borduas and several others, marking the inception of the Automatistes on Canadian soil and the first show in Canada by a group of Canadian abstract painters.
	www.torontocongresscentre.com /default.aspx?page=collection&page=bio-jpriopelle (322 words)

	Jean-Paul Riopelle, page 2
		In Ottawa, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien praised Riopelle as one of the greatest artists the country has known and called his passing "a big loss for Canada." Chrétien met Riopelle in Paris years ago when he was Minister of Northern Affairs.
		Riopelle was born in a conservative and clerically dominated Quebec in 1923.
		By the mid-1940s, the young Riopelle was in contact with André Breton, leader of the Surrealist movement in France.
	spaightwoodgalleries.com /Pages/Riopelle_obit.html (986 words)

	CTV.ca Mourners pay tribute to painter Jean-Paul Riopelle at Montreal funeral
		However, because Riopelle left no instructions on how or where a ceremony should be held, the ornate church was used, as one of the few buildings available that could accommodate a large crowd of well-wishers.
		Champlain Charest, who first met Riopelle in 1968 in Paris, has said he was surprised by the major outpouring of accolades for his longtime friend, especially as the painter's work had been often ignored and even ridiculed.
		Riopelle, who moved to Paris at an early age and made his reputation alongside other leading lights of the 20th century art world, died last Tuesday at 78.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1024896801441_20306001 (475 words)

	MSN Encarta - Sidebar - Profile of Jean Paul Riopelle
		Canadian artist Jean Paul Riopelle is closely associated with a group of Québec artists known as the Automatistes or Automatists.
		Riopelle insists that much of his apparently abstract work is actually based on the Canadian landscape.
		The artists came to public attention in the late 1940s for their spontaneous approach to painting, which was intended to allow the subconscious mind to dictate the visual outcome of the work.
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_461511417/Profile_of_Jean_Paul_Riopelle.html (155 words)

	Straight.com Vancouver Visual Arts Jean-Paul Riopelle
		According to the records of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the last time that institution hosted a solo show of paintings by Jean-Paul Riopelle was in 1965.
		Yes, they reflect Riopelle's strong feeling for nature and his almost totemic identification with certain birds, but they possess none of the structural or tonal strengths of his 1950s works, none of the gravity.
		But still, Riopelle and the movements of which he was a part are aspects of our cultural heritage.
	www.straight.com /content.cfm?id=5581 (490 words)

	Jean Paul -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Jean Paul's writing bridged the shift in literature from the formal ideals of Weimar Classicism to the intuitive transcendentalism of early Romanticism.
		U.S. industrialist and art collector Jean Paul Getty was born on Dec. 15, 1892, in Minneapolis, Minn. He joined his father's oil business, becoming president and general manager in 1930.
		The French artist Jean Lurçat is widely considered the most instrumental figure in reviving the art of designing and weaving tapestries in the 20th century.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043467 (764 words)

	Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec - Modern art - Jean-Paul Riopelle
		One of the key figures in the history of contemporary painting, Jean-Paul Riopelle participated in the Automatists' first exhibition in April 1946.
		Riopelle is internationally renowned as one of the main representatives of the École de Paris of the 1950s.
		Riopelle's first genuinely non-figurative works date from 1945, when he experimented with the technique of automatic writing inspired by the Surrealist movement.
	www.mnba.qc.ca /english/collection/moderne04.htm (155 words)

	Jean-Paul Riopelle Art History, Riopelle Paintings, Riopelle Biography
		Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in 1923 in Montreal, Quebec, and is one of Canadaâ€™s most famous painters.
		Riopelle was a member of a group of innovative writers and artists in Quebec called the Automatistes, led by Paul-Emile Borduas, which contributed to his liberal thinking in terms of artistic expression.
		Riopelle became a Canadian art world icon and received the Order of Canada in 1969, and he died in 2002.
	www.arthistoryguide.com /travel/travel19.aspx (137 words)

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		Riopelle was a giant of nature, and "Quebec's and Canada's greatest painter", said Museum of Quebec director John Porter.
		Riopelle, whose prolific works are being compiled into an eight-volume catalogue by his daughter Yseult, was also known as a lover of nature.
		Riopelle spent most of his career in France, where he befriended some of the last century's most influential artists.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1872000/1872197.stm (432 words)

	Canada Post - Press Releases - Canada Post pays tribute to Jean-Paul Riopelle with stamp set
		Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in 1923 in Montreal.
		Riopelle quickly embraced the thinking of this new master and joined him, and others, in the creation of Les Automatistes, a group of artists whose works were inspired more by emotion than the reproduction of tangible objects.
		Riopelle's work includes more than 5,000 drawings, paintings and sculptures that now belong to various public and private collections in Canada and abroad.
	www.canadapost.ca /personal/corporate/about/newsroom/pr/archive-e.asp?prid=957 (752 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Riopelle Jean Paul
		Canadian artist Jean Paul Riopelle is closely associated with a group of Québec artists known as the Automatistes or Automatists.
		Riopelle, Jean Paul (1923-2002), Canadian painter and sculptor best known for his highly colored, mosaic-like abstract paintings.
		Search for books about your topic, "Riopelle Jean Paul"
	encarta.msn.com /Riopelle_Jean_Paul.html (131 words)

	CBC News:Riopelle children halt auction of dad's art
		Benard also said that Huguette Vachon, Riopelle's common-law wife and one of the executors of his estate, should have informed and consulted with the children before proceeding with the sale.
		Though he spent most of his career in France, before returning to Canada in the 1970s, Riopelle's work is carried in museums and galleries around the world and is especially valued in Europe.
		The value of the paintings up for sale – 44 by Riopelle himself and 23 from his personal collection – has been estimated at $12.8 million.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/11/12/riopelle031112 (517 words)

	Robert Miller Gallery: Jean-Paul Riopelle
		Riopelle had major retrospectives at the Venice Biennale, where he was awarded the UNESCO Prize in 1962; at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centre Pompidou in Paris; the Musée du Québec in Montréal, and museums in Basel, Cologne, Helsinki, St. Paul de Vence and Toronto.
		Marcel Duchamp called Riopelle the “essential painter of this generation.” Samuel Beckett referred to his technical skill as having the “rhythms of a poet.” It serves us well to remember that Riopelle emerged from the Montreal avant-garde to become the principal proponent of European Abstract Expression.
		Riopelle (1923-2002) is considered one of the founding fathers of Canadian contemporary art.
	www.artnet.com /ag/fineartthumbnails.asp?G=7&cid=73775 (323 words)

	Jean Paul Riopelle - Biography
		Jean Paul Riopelle began his career at the École polytechnique in 1941, pursuing engineering with some architecture and photography.
		Riopelle pioneered a style of painting where large quantities of varied coloured paints were thickly applied to the canvas with a trowel for such works as Pavane (1954) and The Wheel II (1956).
		Riopelle had his first solo exhibition at the Surrealist meeting place, Galerie La Dragonne in Paris, in 1949.
	cybermuse.gallery.ca /cybermuse/docs/bio_artistid4649_e.jsp (537 words)

	Red Kettle - Art And Collectibles
		Although Jean-Paul Riopelle had moved to Paris in 1946, he is regarded as an integral part of the artistic revolution that took place in Montreal in the late 1940's.
		Prime Minister Jean Chretien issued this statement on the news of the death of Riopelle on March 13, 2002: "Throughout the world, the name Riopelle is pronounced with the same reverence and the same familiarity as the names of artists and writers such as Picasso and Beckett.
		In 1942, Riopelle studied at Montreal's Ecole de beaux arts and under Paul-Emile Borduas at the Ecole de meuble.
	www.redkettle.com /biographies/jean-paul-riopelle.htm (260 words)

	Culture.ca: Showcase
		Jean-Paul Riopelle is an iconic figure of 20th-century painting.
		Riopelle's paintings are included in many major public and private collections at home and abroad and are exhibited in large capital cities around the world.
		A Riopelle canvas evolves through impulse and spontaneity and is rooted in the artist's emotional response to the splendour of nature.
	www.culture.ca /topic-theme-e.jsp?data=200408/shp3740000082004e.html (432 words)

	CTV.ca Canadian artist Jean-Paul Riopelle dies
		Prime Minister Jean Chretien told reporters before entering a caucus meeting in Ottawa Wednesday that Riopelle's passing is "a big loss for Canada," noting the artist had a great spirit.
		Riopelle is considered to be the artist who put Canadian abstract art on the world map, and received numerous international honours for his works.
		Riopelle refused to identify stylistically with any one group, choosing instead to experiment with expression through medium and colour, and sought to subjugate the image to the medium.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20020314/ctvnews850988?s_name=&no_ads= (401 words)

	Jean-Paul Riopelle
		Jean de Margerie, professeur retraité de la Faculté de médecine, grand amateur d’arts visuels en général et de l’oeuvre de Riopelle en particulier, est l’une de ces personnes qui ont été particulièrement émues par l’annonce du décès du peintre.
		Et c’est ainsi que pendant que Riopelle recevait in absencia son doctorat honorifique à Sherbrooke, je prenais un bock de bière (ou deux, ou trois!) avec Riopelle et Jean Fournier à la brasserie Le Dôme dans le Montparnasse.
		Jean de Margerie raconte comment il a finalement rencontré l’artiste, auquel il vouait une grande admiration, dans des circonstances pour le moins étonnantes : "La suggestion de lui remettre un doctorat d’honneur ayant été approuvée par les instances supérieures, j’espérais fort pouvoir rencontrer l’artiste à la collation des grades.
	www.usherbrooke.ca /liaison_vol36/15/liens/riopel.htm (843 words)

	Jean Paul Riopelle Online
		Jean Paul Riopelle copyright requests handled by the Artists Rights Society.
		All images and text on this Jean Paul Riopelle page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
		Original works by Jean Paul Riopelle available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/riopelle_jean_paul.html (302 words)

	Acquavella: Jean Paul Riopelle's Biography
		Jean Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal, Canada in 1923, and studied to the Ecole des Beaux-arts in Montreal in 1943.
		A contributor to European Abstract Expressionism, Riopelle's characteristic abstractions are gestural, with thick paint applied with a palette knife.
		Like many North American artists, Riopelle went to Paris following World War II to study, but took up permanent residence there.
	www.acquavellagalleries.com /main/artist_bio.cfm?artist_id=113 (61 words)

	Le décès de Jean-Paul Riopelle
		Jean-Paul Riopelle a réalisé des lithographies ainsi que plusieurs dessins, dont ses célèbres oies.
		C'est avec un grand regret et une profonde tristesse que nous avons appris hier le décès de Jean-Paul Riopelle, qui s'est éteint à l'âge de 79 ans.
		Jean-Paul Riopelle naquit à Montréal le 7 octobre 1923.
	www.sen.parl.gc.ca /lpepin/index.asp?PgId=542&l=F (412 words)

	La Joute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		La Joute ("the joust") (1969) is a public sculptural installation by Quebec sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle, a member of the Automatiste movement.
		La Joute, by Jean-Paul Riopelle, during the flaming phase of its kinetic cycle
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Joute (376 words)

	The Late Jean-Paul Riopelle
		Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal on October 7, 1923.
		Yesterday we were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Jean-Paul Riopelle at the age of 79.
		Between 1943 and 1945, in spite of his parents' opposition, Riopelle took classes at Montreal's École des Beaux-Arts, and then got a degree from the École du Meuble.
	www.sen.parl.gc.ca /lpepin/index.asp?PgId=543 (242 words)

	Jean Paul Riopelle artwork from Elliott Louis Gallery
		Jean Paul Riopelle was born in Montréal on October 7, 1923.
		Jean Paul Riopelle died at his home on Îsle-aux-Grues on March 12, 2002.
		Please email the gallery to view more works by Jean Paul Riopelle.
	www.elliottlouis.com /dynamic/artists/Jean_Paul_Riopelle.asp (330 words)

	Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, on the death of Jean-Paul Riopelle
		Jean-Paul Riopelle was a giant in our midst.
		Riopelle lived his life as an artist true to those principles.
		His ability to fill huge canvases until the end of his life, even when he was physically not strong, attested to his mastery of the space that an artist can occupy by his profound will to create, his passionate need to innovate and his unyielding courage to persevere.
	www.gg.ca /media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=466 (222 words)

	All Points North - Article Headline
		Jean-Paul Riopelle is a contemporary painter who was born in 1923 and recently died at the age of 78 in March 2002.
		To look at a Riopelle painting is to enter into it: like being swept up by a cyclone in a magnetic field full of objects and their trajectories — their dislocation and their harmonies,” quotes Paul Auster, an American novelist and writer.
		Riopelle and Lemieux, along with four other exhibits, are part of the permanent collection that is available to the public free of charge, along with four others.
	www.apnmag.com /fall_2004/quemuseum.htm (1272 words)

	Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
		Jean-Paul Riopelle is one of Canada& most important artists and one of the few whose works are featured in public and private collections around the world.
		Although Riopelle started out in Canada, it was in France that he became successful and was active for a large part of his career as an artist.
		In the many tributes paid to him, it was noted that Riopelle would survive because of his work, making it, in turn, essential that his work survive.
	www.cci-icc.gc.ca /whats-new/news32/Riopelle_e.shtml (641 words)

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