Jean Paul Riopelle
Subtitle: the artist's materials
By: Marie-Claude Corbeil, Kate Helwig, and Jennifer Poulin ; with an essay by Stephane Aquin and a preface by Yseult Riopelle
Contributors: Riopelle, Jean Paul; Helwig, Kate; Poulin, Jennifer, 1982-
Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9781606060865
Subjects: ART / Individual Artists / General; Paint materials; Mixed media painting; Artists' materials; ART / Conservation & Preservation; Technique; Analysis
Description: "Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) was one of the most important Canadian artists of the twentieth century, yet he is relatively unknown in the U.S. He began his career in Montreal in the 1940s, where he played a role in the influential Automatist movement, and established his reputation in the burgeoning art scene of postwar Paris, where his circle included Andre Breton, Samuel Beckett, and Sam Francis. During his career, Riopelle produced over six thousand works, including more than two thousand paintings. This volume, the second in the Artist's Materials series, grew out of a research project of the Canadian Conservation Institute. Initial chapters present an overview of Riopelle's life and situate his work within the context of twentieth-century art. Subsequent chapters address Riopelle's materials and techniques, focusing on his oil paintings and mixed media works, and on conservation issues. The preface is by Yseult Riopelle, the artist's eldest daughter and editor of his catalogue raisonne. This first book-length study of the artist in English will interest curators, conservators, conservation scientists, and general readers"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.