Perspectives
Jean-Paul Riopelle
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Date:1956 -
Style:Abstract Expressionism -
Genre:abstract -
Media:oil -
Location:Tate Modern, London, UK
Perspectives
Jean-Paul Riopelle
In the early 1950s Riopelle had experimented with dripping and splashing paint, creating densely covered canvases in vivid colours. He went on to develop a distinctive technique using a palette knife to apply the paint in quick, sharp strokes all over the canvas. This resulted in a thickly worked surface, or 'impasto'. This painting was executed in this way. The marks are suggestive of the painter's action in applying the paint.
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