Private Collection 23" x 17" Attrib. with certificate Jean-Paul Riopelle, (born Oct. 7, 1923, Montreal, Que., Canada died March 12, 2002, Ile-aux-Grues, near Quebec City), Canadian painter and sculptor who was widely regarded as Canada’s most important modern artist. His work, much of which was done in the Abstract Expressionist style, was often compared to that of American artist Jackson Pollock. Attributed to Jean Paul Riopelle. The presence of long filaments of paint in his painting from 1948 through the early 1950s[8] has often been seen as resulting from a dripping technique like that of Jackson Pollock. Rather, the creation of such effects came from the act of throwing, with a palette knife or brush, large quantities of paint onto the stretched canvas (positioned vertically).Riopelle's voluminous impasto became just as important as color. His oil painting technique allowed him to paint thick layers, producing peaks and troughs as copious amounts of paint were applied to the surface of the canvas. Riopelle, though, claimed that the heavy impasto was unintentional: "When I begin a painting," he said, "I always hope to complete it in a few strokes, starting with the first colours I daub down anywhere and anyhow. But it never works, so I add more, without realizing it. I have never wanted to paint thickly, paint tubes are much too expensive. But one way or another, the painting has to be done. When I learn how to paint better, I will paint less thickly

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