{"id":662330,"date":"2026-10-22T18:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/662330\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:26:17","slug":"come-see-quebecs-most-famous-painters-works-espace-riopelle-opens-in-quebec-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/662330\/","title":{"rendered":"Come see Quebec’s most famous painter’s works: Espace Riopelle opens in Quebec City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After years of planning and construction, Quebec City\u2019s new $84-million pavilion dedicated to housing the work of painter and sculptor Jean Paul Riopelle opened Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The three-storey building on the Plains of Abraham, in the heart of the Mus\u00e9e national des beaux-arts du Qu\u00e9bec (MNBAQ), houses about 130 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by Riopelle, along with about 100 works by other Quebec artists.<\/p>\n

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The exterior of the new Espace Riopelle. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

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One of the works showcased in the new Espace Riopelle. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

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A work displayed at the new Espace Riopelle. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

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Jean Paul Riopelle standing in front of one of his works in 1956. (Submitted by the National Film Board of Canada)<\/p>\n

Riopelle rose to fame in France after the Second World War and and made a mark on the Paris and New York art scenes with his abstract impressionism in the 1940s and ’50s. <\/p>\n

He is considered by many to be one of Canada\u2019s most influential artists. Among the pieces featured in the new pavilion is the expansive 40-metre-long L’Hommage \u00e0 Rosa Luxemburg.<\/p>\n

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The L’Hommage \u00e0 Rosa Luxemburg painting, presented at the new Espace Riopelle. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

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A section of the painting L’Hommage \u00e0 Rosa Luxemburg. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

The painting is displayed in an exceptionally bright room, according to Radio-Canada. To prevent damage from sunlight, the museum uses UV-protective glass and an automatic blind system. <\/p>\n

The blinds remain lowered until late morning to protect the artwork during periods of intense direct sunlight.<\/p>\n

Bernard Lamarche, contemporary art curator at the museum, says the specially constructed semi-circular setting for the painting allows for total immersion within the piece. “It’s the first time you can see all the panels at a single glance,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A work presented at the new Espace Riopelle. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

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An inside look at the new Espace Riopelle. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

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A sculpture on display at the new Espace Riopelle. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

At a ceremony for the project in the spring, then Quebec premier Christine Fr\u00e9chette lauded Riopelle’s work.<\/p>\n

“He painted Quebec like no other before him. He painted the forests, our lakes, our winters, our wildlife,” she said.<\/p>\n

Even after getting international recognition and living abroad, Fr\u00e9chette said Riopelle always chose to come back home to Quebec, living his final years on L’Isle-aux-Grues in the Chaudi\u00e8re-Appalaches region.<\/p>\n

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The exterior of the new Espace Riopelle. (Olivia Laperri\u00e8re-Roy\/Radio-Canada)<\/p>\n

“With the Espace Riopelle, we are building much more than a pavilion,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We are bringing our culture to life, we are honoring its legacy, we are passing it on as an inheritance to future generations.”<\/p>\n

Until Oct. 25th, the museum is offering several activities to celebrate the pavilion\u2019s opening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-662330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}