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Jean-Paul Riopelle

1923 - 2002

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Jean-Paul Riopelle, (October 7, 1923 – March 12, 2002) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec. He had one of the longest and most important international careers of the sixteen signatories of the Refus Global, the 1948 manifesto that announced the Quebecois artistic community's refusal of clericalism and provincialism. He is best known for his abstract painting style, in particular his "mosaic" works of the 1950s when he famously abandoned the paintbrush, using only a palette knife to apply paint to canvas, giving his works a distinctive sculptural quality. He became the first Canadian painter since James Wilson Morrice to attain widespread international recognition and high praise, both during his career and after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Paul Riopelle is the 1,743rd most popular painter (down from 1,237th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Canada (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Painter.

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Among painters, Jean-Paul Riopelle ranks 1,743 out of 2,023. Before him are Gottfried Honegger, Vassily Maximov, Nikolay Kasatkin, Carl Frederik von Breda, Henry Scott Tuke, and William Dobson. After him are Philip Guston, Morris Louis, Ditlev Blunck, Walter Leistikow, Emmanuel Lubezki, and Pier Francesco Mola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jean-Paul Riopelle ranks 313. Before him are Helen Murray Free, V. N. Janaki, Fats Navarro, Paula Fox, Shlomo Hillel, and Patrick Moore. After him are Bülent Eken, Hanna Maron, Geoff Duke, Mrinal Sen, Imre Varga, and Eugene Sledge. Among people deceased in 2002, Jean-Paul Riopelle ranks 226. Before him are Norihito, Prince Takamado, Michel Boisrond, Mikhail Devyataev, Mario de las Casas, Albrecht Becker, and George Nader. After him are Lance Macklin, Eugen Meier, Marcel Hansenne, Stephen E. Ambrose, Mahmoud Fayad, and Zoran Janković.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jean-Paul Riopelle ranks 404 out of 1,622. Before him are Grant Allen (1848), Édouard Gagnon (1918), R. B. Bennett (1870), Stu Hart (1915), Edge (1973), and Harry Saltzman (1915). After him are Philip Guston (1913), Myrtle Cook (1902), Steven Erikson (1959), Barbara Ann Scott (1928), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), and Mary Harron (1953).

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Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, Jean-Paul Riopelle ranks 6. Before him are Maud Lewis (1903), Jeff Wall (1946), Agnes Martin (1912), Emily Carr (1871), and John McCrae (1872). After him are Philip Guston (1913), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tom Thomson (1877), and Rob Gonsalves (1959).

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