Complete CV

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