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Jean-Paul Riopelle
Canadian painter and sculptor (1923–2002)
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| Born | (1923-10-07)October 7, 1923 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | March 12, 2002(2002-03-12) (aged 78) Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, Quebec, Canada |
| Known for | Painter, sculptor, lithographer |
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Jean-Paul Riopelle, CC GOQ RCA (October 7, 1923 – March 12, 2002) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec.
He had one of the longest and most important international careers of the sixteen signatories of the Refus Global, the 1948 manifesto that announced the Quebecois artistic community's refusal of clericalism and provincialism.
He is best known for his abstract painting style, in particular his "mosaic" works of the 1950s when he famously abandoned the paintbrush, using only a palette knife to apply paint to canvas, giving his works a distinctive sculptural quality.
He became the first Canadian painter since James Wil
