JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE

758 Humboldt Street (beside the Marriott Hotel)
December 10, 2011 – January 10, 2012

OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, December 10, 2011, 2 – 4 p.m.
We are honoured to have as our special guest
Mme. Yseult Riopelle, daughter of Jean-Paul Riopelle
3:00 p.m.   Tzenka Dianova, internationally acclaimed pianist, performs John Cage: Daughters of the Lonesome Isle, 1945.

‘Mont orange’ 1970
Oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 63 ¾ inches, diptych

EXHIBITIONS
1984, Riopelle, peintures, estampes, Musee des beaux-arts et Hotel de d’Escoville, Caen
1984, Art Rencontres (travelling exhibition: Abidjan, Cote-d’Ivoire; Dakar, Senegal;Bamako, Mali)
1985, Les Annees 50-l’Art abstrait, Abbaye Saint-Andre, Centre d’Art contemporain,Maynac, Correze

This  painting was designated by Jean Paul Riopelle for his hoped-for Foundation; the painting was therefore not for sale but available on a loan basis to various institutions. The Foundation did not materialize and the works intended for it came to Canada in 1997. They included ‘Mont Orange’ which was distributed in 2005 by the artist’s Estate.

Riopelle article by Amy Smart, Times Colonist PDF