Song of the Deep 1
View Similar Items
1 of 4
Paul FournierSong of the Deep 12012
2012
About the Item
- Creator:Paul Fournier (1939, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2012
- Dimensions:Height: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Width: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Oakville, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: CA16-0051stDibs: LU101582612
Paul Fournier
Paul Fournier (b. 1939, Simcoe, ON) first emerged within a movement of third-generation non-figurative painters who worked in Toronto during the 1960s. His peers included Milly Ristvedt, K.M. Graham, David Bolduc and others exploring techniques and forms of post-painterly abstraction. Fournier began studies in 1959 at the Ontario College of Art and Design. He soon became known for his use of bright fauvist colours for which he was dubbed an "exotic modernist" by New York art critic Donald Kuspit. Fauvism was a post-impressionist movement in France characterized by the "wild' use of colour. Fournier has had major solo exhibitions in Toronto, Guelph, Hamilton, Edmonton, Houston and Washington, D.C. His work was selected by critic Andrew Hudson for 14 Canadians: A Critic's Choice at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and by Boston Museum of Fine Arts curator Kenworth Moffett for inclusion in The new Generation: A Curator's Choice at the Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York. In 1996, Fournier received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Sir Wilfrid Laurier University. His paintings and graphics are included in most major public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Tate Museum, as well as in private collections in the United States, South America and Europe. "...Paul Fournier’s canvases seemed typical of his generation of Toronto painters. Like his colleagues K. M. Graham, Daniel Solomon, Paul Hunter and David Bolduc, Fournier demonstrated an almost Fauvist sense of color and an ability to be both playful and lyrical in the same picture. Like them, too, he clearly admired Matisse and Jack Bush. Yet Fournier’s pictures were and have remained stubbornly personal, in a challenging territory of his own, a narrow zone between reference and invention." Karen Wilkin, Canadian Art, 1991.
You May Also Like
- Caldentey Circus original neo-expressionist aacrylic paintingBy Toni CaldenteyLocated in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FLcircus- original neo-expressionist aacrylic painting contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY Painting on paper Perfect stateCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Acrylic
- Caldentey. Characters original Neo-expressionist acrylic paintingBy Toni CaldenteyLocated in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FLCharacters- original neo-expressionist acrylic painting. framed contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY Painting on paper CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca -...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Acrylic
- 'Reading Newspaper I' Abstract Expressionist Mixed MediaBy Nguyen Cong CuLocated in Rye, NY‘Reading Newspaper 1’ is a medium size abstract expressionist Basquiat-inspired acrylic and newsprint on canvas painting created by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Cong Cu in 2012. Featurin...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic, Newsprint
- "Nectar", abstract, whimsical, orange, grey, red, blue, acrylic paintingBy Melissa ShaakLocated in Natick, MAMelissa Shaak’s “Nectar” is a 40 x 26 inch abstract acrylic painting on top-quality Arches paper. The small orange beak at the center of the painting evokes a creature taking nectar....Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Acrylic
- "Reds and Blues 3", abstract, bold, whimsical, yellow, acrylic paintingBy Melissa ShaakLocated in Natick, MAMelissa Shaak’s “Reds and Blues 3” is a 30 x 22 inch abstract acrylic painting on top-quality Stonehenge paper. Vibrant red dominates this painting. Bold, curving lines define shapes...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Acrylic
- "Hoopla", abstract, bold, red, pink, grey, green, orange, acrylic paintingBy Melissa ShaakLocated in Natick, MAMelissa Shaak’s “Hoopla” is a 40 x 26 inch abstract acrylic painting on top-quality Arches paper. Large red and pink shapes sit atop spindly legs against...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Acrylic