Jean-Paul Mousseau
Jean-Paul-Armand Mousseau (born January 1, 1927 in Montreal , † February 7, 1991 ibid) was a Canadian painter and sculptor.
Mousseau studied from 1940 to 1945 at the Collège Notre-Dame , where he was a student of Frère Jérôme . In 1944 his works were exhibited for the first time at the Contemporary Arts Society . In 1946 he took part in the first exhibition of the group of automatists in Montreal alongside Paul-Émile Borduas , Marcel Barbeau , Claude Gauvreau , Roger Fauteux , Fernand Leduc and Jean-Paul Riopelle .
After exhibitions in Paris and Prague, the first solo exhibition of his works took place in 1948. In the same year he was one of the signatories of the manifesto of the group of automatists of Montreal Refus global . His works were also on view at the Recent Quebec Painters exhibition organized by the Galerie nationale du Canada and the Vancouver Art Gallery , which was shown in Canada and the USA in 1951 and 1952.
In addition, Mousseau also designed costumes and sets for various theatrical performances. Since 1957 he experimented with synthetic resin and fiberglass as a material. In the following year he realized a number of works of art on buildings with the ceramist Claude Vermette . After attending the Color and Science course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , he won first prize for industrial aesthetics at the Québec Province Art Competition for one of his lumineux objets .
In 1961, he won a competition from Hydro-Québec for the order for a representative work of art for their new headquarters ( Édifice Hydro-Québec ). The fiberglass and synthetic resin work, illuminated with moving colored light, was unveiled in 1962 and praised by critics as a symbol of the integration of modern technology and art. At the same time he realized objects for the Montreal Star newspaper building and the Drummondville Law Courts.
From 1966 Mousseau took part in the artistic design of several stations on the Montreal Metro. He taught at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1961 to 1964 and at Laval University in 1968 . In 1997 the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal showed a retrospective of his works.
Works in public collections
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mousseau, Jean-Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mousseau, Jean-Paul-Armand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1991 |
| Place of death | Montreal |