Jean Paul Riopelle and the Automatiste movement /

"The artist Jean Paul Riopelle is best known for his renowned mature abstract style. In this fascinating history, François-Marc Gagnon begins with the artist's first paintings and his early commitment to objectivity to explore Riopelle's involvement with the Automatiste movement and i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gagnon, François Marc, 1935-2019 (Author)
Other Authors:	Winkler, Donald (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]
Series:	McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.
Subjects:	Riopelle, Jean Paul > Criticism and interpretation. Riopelle, Jean Paul, > 1923-2002 > Critique et interprétation. Riopelle, Jean Paul. Automatistes (Group of artists) Painting, Canadian > Québec (Province) > 20th century. Automatistes (Groupe d'artistes) Peinture québécoise > 20e siècle. Painting, Canadian. Québec. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Before Borduas
Riopelle at the École du meuble
Towards Automatism
The Exhibitions and the Manifesto
First Exhibitions in Paris
From Paintbrush to Spatula
Imprint and Invisibility
"Total Chance"
Riopelle and Nietzsche
Chance for the Surrealists and the Automatistes
Riopelle in 1951 and 1952
Riopelle and Pollock.