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Paul Beliveau

Vanitas 15.12.01
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954) Title: Vanitas 05.12.01 Year: 2015 Medium: Acrylic on
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 15.10.28
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954) Title: Vanitas 05.10.28 Year: 2015 Medium: Acrylic on
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Les Humanities CCVIII 2006 acrylic/canvas Trompe l’Oeil Photo Realism Books
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
“Les Humanities CCVIII”, a large and wonderful acrylic on canvas painting by Paul Béliveau, was
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Acrylic, Canvas

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Suite Morandi XVI- painting of books framed in white by Paul Béliveau
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Vanitas 15.08.20: Splash
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Paul Beliveau is a Canadian artist whose exclusive focus in art is to paint books - book spines
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Vanitas 20.02.13- realistic painting featuring artists book spines in black
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Vanitas 20.02.26 -hyper-realist, framed, acrylic painting featuring books
By Paul Béliveau
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This hyper-realistic framed acrylic painting on canvas by Paul Béliveau centers on a book spine
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Autodafés IX- hyper-realist acrylic painting in red and black on canvas
By Paul Béliveau
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Béliveau is framed in a simple black wood frame and has reds, and dark tones. Paul Béliveau’s precisely
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Vanitas 15.08.19: English Musicians
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Paul Béliveau attained his Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from in 1977. Recognized for his
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Vanitas 15.09.28: History of Music
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Paul Beliveau links his passion for books to his early childhood during which his uncle would
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Vanitas 11.07.21: Petrus Christus
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Vanitas 20.01.27
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by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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Vanitas 19.12.18
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Vanitas 16.06.30
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Vanitas 16.06.30
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work by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his new Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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Vanitas 12.09.28
By Paul Béliveau
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work by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Vanitas 10.06.11
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
work by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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Katz
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Located in New York, NY
acrylic on canvas photorealism Painting
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Vanitas: Rohe-Johns
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
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Vanitas: Holbein-Grace
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
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Vanitas: McIntosh-Jagger
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
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Les humanités: L'art
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
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Vanitas: Dylan-Lennon
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
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Vanitas: Clockwork Orange
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Vanitas 19.10.09
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Vanitas 19.10.09
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Vanitas 19.05.14
Vanitas 19.05.14
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By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
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Vanitas 18.05.07
H 44 in W 66 in D 1.75 in
Vanitas 18.03.10
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
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Vanitas 18.03.10
H 36 in W 48 in D 1.75 in
Autodafés VIII by Paul Béliveau acrylic realist painting framed in black
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
This acrylic painting on canvas in warm browns, tans and blacks by Paul Beliveau is part of his
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Vanitas 18.12.11- colorful painting of book spines buy Paul Beliveau
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
Paul Béliveau’s precisely rendered hyper realistic paintings bring together literary and
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Suite Morandi XV- painting of books framed in white by Paul Béliveau
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Suite Morandi XIV- painting of books framed in white by Paul Béliveau
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Vanitas - Rembrandt
By Paul Béliveau
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Paul Beliveau acrylic painting Books bookscapes book spines
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Vanitas 18.12.17- colorful realist painting of rock'n roll books
By Paul Béliveau
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This acrylic on canvas painting by Canadian artist Paul Béliveau features lost icons of rock and
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Vanitas 19.02.06-colorful acrylic framed photorealistic painting of books
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
This hyper-realist acrylic painting of literary classics by Canadian photographer Paul Béliveau
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Vanitas 19.03.13-colorful acrylic framed vertical painting of art books
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
This hyper-realist acrylic painting of art book spines Paul Béliveau depicts colorful spines of
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Autodafé XI- acrylic, hyper-realist painting on canvas in neutral colors
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
This acrylic painting on canvas by Quebecois painter Paul Béliveau is framed in a black wood float
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Vanitas 20.03.19 -hyper-realist, framed, acrylic painting featuring thomas cole
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
This hyper-realistic framed acrylic painting on canvas by Paul Béliveau features the artist Thomas
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Autodafés IV- framed painting acrylic painting of books in browns and blacks
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
Marx is an excellent example of Quebecois painter Paul Béliveau's realist style and social commentary
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Set of four square "In Memoriam: Hemingway" framed paintings on linen
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
These four hyper-realist paintings by French Canadian painter Paul Béliveau each feature one of
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Vanitas 14.02.08
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
work by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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Vanitas 17.04.27
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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Vanitas 17.04.27
H 36 in W 36 in D 1.75 in
Vanitas 19.10.01
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
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Vanitas 19.10.01
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Vanitas 15.03.09
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Vanitas 14.04.02
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Vanitas 14.04.02
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Vanitas 19.10.08
By Paul Béliveau
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Vanitas 19.10.08
H 55 in W 35 in D 1.75 in
Vanitas 19.01.24
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Vanitas 19.01.24
H 40 in W 60 in D 1.75 in
Vanitas 19.02.04
By Paul Béliveau
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by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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Vanitas 19.02.04
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Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 17.04.25
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Vanitas 17.04.25
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Vanitas 17.08.13
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Vanitas 17.09.03
By Paul Béliveau
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 17.09.03
H 36 in W 36 in D 1.75 in
Vanitas 17.08.03
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 17.08.03
H 36 in W 48 in D 1.75 in
Vanitas 16.08.18
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Vanitas 16.08.18
H 24 in W 24 in D 1.75 in
Vanitas 17.08.15
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 17.08.15
H 36 in W 48 in D 1.75 in
Roy in Pop
By Paul Béliveau
Located in New York, NY
acrylic on canvas hyper realism photorealism paintings
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2010s Photorealist Interior Paintings

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Acrylic

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Born in 1954, Paul Béliveau attained his Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from Laval University in 1977. Recognized for his expertise in drawing, engraving and painting he has since then had more than a hundred solo exhibitions across Canada, the United States and Europe. The recipient of numerous prizes in visual arts and of multiple grants from the Canada Council has taken part in several committees and juries as specialist in the visual arts. His works can be found in many public and private collections throughout the country and has to his name some fifteen works of art integrated into architectural sites.

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