Talk:Jean-Paul Riopelle

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Comments regarding legal battles between Riopelle's life partner and children needs editing. Joan Mitchell, who is commonly recognized as his life partner, died in 1992. 10 years before Riopelle died. This comment is flagged as needing a citation, but it also needs extra info for clarification or deletion. Talli.M. (talk) 09:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I can do some research and expand and cite this.  freshacconci  talk talk  10:27, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * From what I can find, this dispute is between Riopelle's children and Huguette Vachon, his companion at the time of this death (described in some sources as his widow, although there's no indication they were married, most likely common-law). Mitchell and Riopelle ended their relationship in 1979 (another source says 1988, which I doubt). Huguette Vachon, the executor of his estate, seems to be alive and this is who the dispute concerns (which involves an auction of 44 of his works). However, it's difficult to find anything substantial and since this does concern some living people, I'll remove that section for now. This article needs expanding anyway, and if I find something significant, I'll restore, expand and cite this section.  freshacconci  talk talk  12:16, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Found something from the CBC--I will continue this at the talk page for the article in question.  freshacconci  talk talk  13:05, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I've found two intact articles from CBC and CTV--all other sources are truncated and the archived articles (from the Montreal Gazette and Globe & Mail) are at this point inaccessible or non-existent. I'll do some work to update the information with the sources available. I've also found a good source about his relationship with Joan Mitchell which needs expanding. This source indicates that the relationship ended in 1979 (not 1988 as one online source has it).  freshacconci  talk talk  13:11, 8 June 2009 (UTC) Michel Vermeulen was the assistant of Jean Paul Riopelle. I just translate in english the reliable source here... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Riopelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.94.117.32 (talk) 16:58, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Reworked entire article
Reworked entire article in Coldcreation Sandbox and copied to the main page. This article had long been in need of revision. References were lacking, as too, much vital information about this important artist. This page is by no means in its finished state. It still needs much work. Hopefully other contributors will help to fulfill this goal. I will certainly add more pertinent information in the coming weeks, as I will also help improve the French version of the Riopelle article, actually in great need of revision. Coldcreation (talk) 10:17, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Three images
Three historically significant artworks (dated 1948, 1951 and 1953) have just been added for informational purposes. The inclusion of these works should add significantly to the article because they exemplify an important topic from this article: Riopelle's oil painting technique of the late 1940s-early 1950s (the so-called "dripping" which resulted in fact from paint being thrown onto a vertically placed canvas), in contrast to the technique of Jackson Pollock of the same period. Coldcreation (talk) 11:29, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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Legacy
Riopelle's life and works are celebrated on the Canadian 2023 commemorative $2 circulation coin (colourized) in honour of the 100th anniversary of his birth. The coin is struck by the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) with an image to highlight a portion (Panel 29) of Jean Paul Riopelle’s monumental fresco, L’Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg. https://www.mint.ca/en/discover/canadian-commemorative-circulation-program/2023/jean-paul-riopelle SquashEngineer (talk) 16:10, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

2022 Montréal Mural
File:Magnetic art mural from below.jpg In 2022, MU (organization), the City of Montreal, Tourisme Montréal and the borough of Plateau Mont-Royal joined forces to create this mural in tribute to the Montreal-born artist Jean-Paul Riopelle. (source) I would love to see this added to the Legacy section, but do not feel like the right editor to do so. Please feel free to use this photo when writing in this section! &mdash;oscitare (he/they; talk &#124; contribs) 20:32, 12 April 2024 (UTC)