Jean-Paul Riopelle

Canadian · 1923–2002

Tachisme Lyrical Abstraction

Also known as:

J.P. Riopelle Jean Paul Riopelle Riopelle, J.P.

Canada's greatest painter, Riopelle's expansive gestural canvases—built from palette-knife mosaic fragments of intense color—bridge Abstract Expressionism and Parisian Tachisme. Long associated with the French avant-garde and the Quebec Automatist movement, his works regularly achieve above $5 million at Canadian and international auctions, cementing his global status.

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