Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Sun Spray
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Sun Spray
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Alternate Title:
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Poussière de soleil
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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Jean-Paul Riopelle (Canadian painter, 1923-2002)
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Location:
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repository: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Québec, Canada)
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Location Note:
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Pavillon Pierre Lassonde; From exhibition, Mitchell/Riopelle: Nothing in Moderation (October 12, 2017-January 7, 2018)
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GPS:
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+46.798889-71.224722
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Date:
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1953-1954 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Canadian
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Style Period:
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Lyrical Abstraction; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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270 cm (height) x 345 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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nonrepresentational art
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Description:
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During the 1950s, Riopelle developed his well-known, mature style of creating large, color "mosaic" paintings executed with a palette knife and by squeezing colors onto the canvas directly from the tube. (Source: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [website]; www.mnbaq.org/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-LEDUC-SSP-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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