Jean Paul Riopelle's Abstract Works Get a Home in Quebec
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⏮ BeforeRiopelle's abstract works were spread across collections and not shown together as a body of work.
✅ NowA new pavilion at Quebec's Musée National des Beaux-Arts displays his work as one collection.
In short
- The pavilion houses the world's largest public collection of Riopelle's artworks.
- It showcases his career of more than 50 years.
- Riopelle was a key member of the avant-garde Automatistes movement.
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Riopelle was a central figure in the Automatistes, a Quebec avant-garde movement. The new pavilion brings together the largest public collection of his work in one place. Visitors can now follow his painting across more than five decades.
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Home to the world’s largest public collection of his artworks, a new pavilion at Quebec's Musée National des Beaux-Arts showcases the more than 50-year career of Riopelle, who was a key member of the avant-garde Automatistes movement
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