Figuration · Quebec winter
Jean Paul Lemieux1904–1990 · Québec
"The silence of a Québec winter, in one standing figure."
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Jean Paul Lemieux painted rural Québec and its isolated figures against vast, austere horizons. His portraits of young girls and winter scenes hang in every major Canadian museum collection and continue to command top auction prices.
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Québec figuration — a silent counterpoint to the Automatistes.
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