translate English to French: In 1953 a group of nonobjective painters in Toronto, inspired more by abstract expressionism in New York than their contemporaries in Montréal, formed PAINTERS ELEVEN as a means of exhibiting their work.
En 1953, un groupe de peintres non figuratifs de Toronto, plus inspirés par l'expressionnisme abstrait de New York que leurs contemporains de Montréal, forment les PAINTERS ELEVENpour pouvoir exposer leurs oeuvres.