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RIOPELLE, Jean-Paul; born 1923 Montreal, Canada Canadian painter. |
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| 1940-42 | Studied
mathematics at the Polytechnic, Montreal. Inspired to take up painting
by André Breton's essay Surrealism and Painting. |
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| 1946 | Participation
at the International Surrealist exhibitions in New York and Paris.
European travels and acquaintanceship with Breton. |
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| 1947 | Moved
to Paris; contact with P. Waldberg, Soulages, Mathieu, Wols and others. |
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| 1949 | Solo-exhibition
at the Nina Dausset gallery, Paris. |
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| 1951/55 | and
1955 participation at the Sao Paulo Biennale and, |
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| 1954 | 1954,
at the Venice Biennale. |
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| 1959 | participation
in documenta 2 in Kassel. |
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| 1962 | Art
prize awarded by UNESCO in Paris. |
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| 1964 | participation
in documenta 3 in Kassel. |
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| 1972 | Solo-exhibition
at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. |
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| 1981 | Retrospective
at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris. |
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Riopelle's main influences were P.- E. Borduas and the Surrealists. The main body of his work can be placed between Abstract Expressionism and the Ecole de Paris. |
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