Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Large Triptych
Image View:
Detail, right panel, showing heavy impasto
Creator:
Jean-Paul Riopelle (Canadian painter, 1923-2002)
Location:
repository: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, District of Columbia, United States) 66.4268
Location Note:
Pavillon Pierre Lassonde; From exhibition, Mitchell/Riopelle: Nothing in Moderation (October 12, 2017-January 7, 2018)
GPS:
46.798889-71.224722
Date:
1964 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Canadian; French
Style Period:
Abstract Expressionist; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
276.4 cm (height) x 643.7 cm (width)
Subjects:
nonrepresentational art
Description:
Riopelle was French-Canadian. He studied under Paul-Émile Borduas in the 1940s and was a member of Les Automatistes movement. 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: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-RIPOELLE-LAT-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Large Triptych