Mitchikanabikong
[1975]
Mitchikanabikong
[1975]
The rocky landscape of Barriere Lake in Quebec inspired Riopelle for this monumental painting with its masonry-like aspect.
lnfluenced by Surrealism, from which he adopted the liberation of the gesture guided by the subconscious mind, Jean-Paul Riopelle's work bridges the gap between American and European abstraction. Similar to a polyptych, this work evokes the wide-open Canadian landscapes of the artist's childhood. The thick paint applied with a pallet knife and carved with furrows endows a stone-like, almost naturalistic appearance that is echoed in the title of the work, borrowed from the name of an Algonquin's village, an indigenous First Nation of Quebec.
| Domain | Peinture |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Huile sur toile |
| Dimensions | 195,5 x 391,5 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de M. Aimé Maeght, 1979 |
| Inventory no. | AM 1979-254 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Jean Paul Riopelle
(1923, Canada - 2002, Canada) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Mitchikanabikong |
| Creation date | [1975] |
| Domain | Peinture |
| Description | Triptyque |
| Techniques | Huile sur toile |
| Dimensions | 195,5 x 391,5 cm |
| Inscriptions | S.B.DR. : RIOPELLE |
| Acquisition | Don de M. Aimé Maeght, 1979 |
| Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Contemporain |
| Inventory no. | AM 1979-254 |