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The Canadian Artist Jean Paul Riopelle Was 'Completely Absorbed by the Act of Painting.' His Abstract Works Finally Have Their Own Home in a Quebec Museum
Culture & Education
Smithsonian MagazineEN
October 22, 2026

The Canadian Artist Jean Paul Riopelle Was 'Completely Absorbed by the Act of Painting.' His Abstract Works Finally Have Their Own Home in a Quebec Museum

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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