In 1964, Adrien Maeght created the ARTE printing works located on rue Daguerre, in Paris. From 1966, Jean-Paul Riopelle worked closely with the technicians of this printing house and constantly pushed the limits of this printing technique. According to art historian Michèle Grandbois, Riopelle's artistic approach, in particular with regard to the technique of printmaking, gives him a very particular originality: "His approach to printmaking testifies to invention, audacity and excess that will make him transgress, if not ignore, the traditional rules of the ''beautiful profession'' 1”.

1. Michèle Grandbois, 1980, Contemporary Quebec prints. Volume I, doctoral thesis in art history, Laval University, 1996, p.180

Yseult Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Catalogue raisonné des estampes, Hibou Éditeurs, Montreal, 2005, p. 174, reproduced in color under reference 1968.04EST.GR

Printer: Imprimerie ARTE Adrien Maeght
Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris

Public collections: CAC, 7/75 ; BNQ, 19/75 and 53/75 ; MBAM, 51/75 ; MNBA, H.C. ; BNF, H.C.

Exhibitions:
– 1981 Le Bestiaire de Jean Paul Riopelle, Gal. Martine Hénault, Montreal
– 1984 Riopelle, Peintures, estampes, Musée des beaux-arts and Hôtel d’Escoville, Caen
– 1993 Maeght, Trois générations d’éditeurs d’art, Musée de la gravure, Pully, France
– 1995 Les techniques de l’impression, Maison Henri IV, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France
– 1998 Les Riopelle de Riopelle, Domaine Cataraqui, Quebec, cat. p. 78 (H.C., unsigned)
– 1998 Gal. d’arts contemporains, Montreal, 17/75
– 2001 Prince Arthur Fine Arts, Toronto, no. 26, 17/75
– 2002 Jean Paul Riopelle, paintings, sculptures and works on paper, Roseline Granet, sculptures: Portraits of Jean Paul 1965–1966, Gal. Simon Blais, Montreal, 55/75
– 2005 Riopelle, le parcours du graveur, Gal. Jean-Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, 66/75
– 2005–2006 Jean Paul Riopelle. Impressions sans fin, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, cat. no. 43

Bibliography:
– Lithographies et eaux-fortes, Maeght Éditeur, 1971, p. 226
– Riopelle, Chasseur d’images, Guy Robert, Éditions France-Amérique, 1981, p. 244
– Lithographies, gravures originales, Maeght Éditeur, 1985, p. 213 (not reproduced)
– “Riopelle, monument international,” Robert Bernier, Voir, Montreal, May 25–31, 2000, p. 10
– Songo et la liberté, Gilles Vigneault, Musée du Québec, 2002 (details) and p. 42

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