La montagne lointaine
“In 1971, Lemieux returned to drawing, which he had not practised so intensely since the 1940s; he draws with graphite pencil, ink pen and felt pen. He also uses oil wash to restore spontaneity and lightness to his pictorial research “- Michèle Grandbois — Jean-Paul Lemieux, sa vie, son oeuvre, page 63.
Guy Robert approached Lemieux's wash drawings in the same way. He will say in his book this: “During the summer of 1972, Lemieux executed a series of wash drawings which brought, in the development of his current theme for fifteen years, a breath of freshness and lightness. The wash technique promotes spontaneity”. Guy Robert will continue: "the washes combine in a skilful equation the intuitive jet and the mastery of stripping, both in the economy of the writing in the range of the palette”. — Guy Robert, Lemieux, Éditions Stanké, page 145.
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
La montagne lointaine, c. 1971
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Gallery
Cosner Art Gallery - Montreal
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Medium
Oil Wash
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Time
Post-War Canadian art
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Dimensions
48,2 x 58,4 cm | 19'' x 23''
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Dimensions with frame
76,2 x 86,3 cm | 30'' x 34''
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Signed
Signed lower left, titled in center
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
Untitled , 1950
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
La montagne lointaine, c. 1971
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
Book "Canada", 1985
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
Femme au collier, c.1981
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
Port-au-Persil, 1953
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
Untitled
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
L'Île d'Orléans, 1934
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
La chasse, 1972
Jean-Paul Lemieux (1904 - 1990)
Book "Canada", 1985