Jean Paul Lemieux, (1904 – 1990) was one of the foremost painters of twentieth century Québec. He was born in Québec City, where he also died. He was raised in Québec City until 1916, when his family moved to Berkeley, California. In 1917, the family returned to Québec and settled in Montreal.
From 1926 to 1934, Jean Paul Lemieux studied under Edwin Holgate and others at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. In 1929, he traveled to Europe with his mother. In Paris, he studied advertising and art, frequents other artists. Lemieux took teaching positions from 1934, first at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, then in 1935 at the École du meuble (Furniture School). In 1937, he moved to Québec City and taught at the École des Beaux-Arts de Québec until his retirement in 1965.
In 1960, works by Lemieux along with those of Edmund Alleyn, Graham Coughtry, Frances Loring and Albert Dumouchel represented Canada at the Venice Biennale. Jean Paul Lemieux received several awards for his works, including the Louis-Philippe Hébert prize in 1971 and the Molson Prize for the Canada Council for the Arts in 1974. In 1968, he became a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy. In 1997, he was posthumously made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Québec.
A set of postage stamps depicting three works by Lemieux, Self-portrait (1974), June Wedding (1972) and Summer (1959) were issued by Canada Post on Oct. 22, 2004. The stamps were released on the day that a retrospective of his work organized to recognize the centenary of the artist's birth opened at the National Gallery of Canada. A retrospective exhibition of his works from 1956 to 1979 took place at the Gallery Valentin in 2009.
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| Jean Paul Lemieux |
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| Soleil d’après-midi, 1933 |
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| Les beaux jours, 1937 |
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| Lazare, 1941 |
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| Notre Dame protégeant Québec, 1942 |
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| Portrait de l’artiste à Beauport-Est, 1943 |
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| La Fête-Dieu à Québec, 1944 |
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| Les Ursulines, 1951 |
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| Le Far West, 1955 |
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| L'orpheline, 1956 |
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| Le visiteur du soir, 1956 |
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| Terminus, 1961 |
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| Remembered, 1962 |
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| Les Parques, 1962 |
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| Moonlit Night, 1963 |
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| Julie et l’univers, 1965 |
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| L'émigrant,1965 |
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| L’été de 1914, 1965 |
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| Route 15, 1965 |
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| L'express, 1968 |
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| La conversation, 1968 |
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| Serie La petite poule d'eau, 1971 |
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| Country Club, 1972 |
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La plage americaine, 1973
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Portrait de la Reine, 1979
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Equinoze d'automne, n.d.
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| La Mort par un clair matin, n.d. |
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La petite poule d’eau, n.d.
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| La Québécoise, n.d. |
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Mon pays c'est l'hiver, n.d.
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Timbre pout Poste Canada
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