Marcel Barbeau

Marcel Barbeau

Apr 04, 2006 – Apr 30, 2006

Lumiere plaisir
19.5 in x 25.5 in
acrylic on linen

Renowned minimalist abstract painter MARCEL BARBEAU was born in Montreal in 1925 and went on to study painting at the Ecole du Meuble de Montreal with Jean-Paul Riopelle. Barbeau's abstract painting was greatly influenced by his participation in the automatists or "Quebec Modern Group" in the 1940's and 1950's. This important group of painters in Quebec believed in modernism and intellectual freedom, and they directly impacted Modern Art as we know it today. This intellectual freedom was espoused in the explosive manifesto, "Refus Global", written by Paul-Emile Borduas, and signed by sixteen artists, among them, Marcel Barbeau.

Mr. Barbeau, 81 years old, now lives in Paris and continues to produce work of abstract shapes and color, creating form without subject and expression without immediate reference to reality.

Approximately 2/3 of the exhibition are recent works with the remainder spanning Mr. Barbeau's career; including the seminal work, " Rosier-feuilles" from 1946.

Artist Work
Barriere des aubes
38 in x 51 in
acrylic on linen

Artist Work
Bayshore (2005)
18 in x 21 in
acrylic on linen

$3600 CDN

Artist Work
Boca Raton (2005)
15.75 in x 19.75 in
acrylic on linen

$3600 CDN

Artist Work
Bouclier sourire (2002)
18 in x 21.75 in
acrylic on linen

$3600 CDN

Artist Work
Brisant le moule (Breaking the Mold) 1962
24 in x 18 in
acrylic on canvas

$7800 CDN

Artist Work
Clarte dense (2005)
23.25 in x 23.25 in
acrylic on linen

$4500 CDN

Artist Work
Combustions originelles 32 (1951-1952)
6.5 in x 9 in
china ink on paper

Artist Work
De l'autre cote du regard (2006)
39.5 in x 39.5 in
acrylic on linen

$8800 CDN

Artist Work
De l'autre cote du regard (ll)
31.5 in x 31.5 in
acrylic on linen

$6600 CDN

Artist Work
De nos sens et de nos reves - 1959 (About our senses and our dreams)
13.5 in x 10.25 in
felt pen and ink on paper

$3900 CDN

Artist Work
Espace clos
19.5 in x 25.5 in
acrylic on linen

$3200 CDN

Artist Work
Etude pour la cavalcade celeste 1991
12.5 in x 15.5 in
felt paper collage

$1500 CDN

Artist Work
Framentes Stellaires (1996)
45 in x 57.5 in
acrylic on canvas

$12000 CDN

Artist Work
Geste 10 (1957)
7.25 in x 9.25 in
china ink on paper

Artist Work
Geste P.E. 254 (1957)
7.25 in x 9.25 in
china ink on paper

$4500 CDN

Artist Work
L'arc di dolle (1962)
25.5 in x 19.5 in
acrylic on linen

$8600 CDN

Artist Work
L'aventure celeste (1997)
18 in x 22 in
acrylic on linen

Artist Work
L'etoile furtive (2001)
21.5 in x 29.75 in
acrylic on linen

$4900 CDN

Artist Work
L'ile qui derive (2005)
38.5 in x 51 in
acrylic on linen

$9500 CDN

Artist Work
L'impasse vertige
26 in x 32 in
acrylic on linen

$6200 CDN

Artist Work
La brise de mes cheveux
39.5 in x 39.5 in
acrylic on linen

$8300 CDN

Artist Work
La mer ferme ses ailes
19.5 in x 25.5 in
acrylic on linen

Artist Work
La tete au rire de pensee (1999)
50.5 in x 38 in
acrylic on linen

$9500 CDN

Artist Work
Lauderdale (2005)
15.75 in x 19.75 in
acrylic on linen

$3000 CDN

Artist Work
Le sourire du jour (Smile of daylight) - 1979
26 in x 26 in
acrylic on linen

Artist Work
Les arcs du desir
24 in x 24 in
acrylic on linen

$6600 CDN

Artist Work
Les enjeux (1995)
32 in x 40 in
acrylic on linen

$8800 CDN

Artist Work
Les Recoins de Jade
19.75 in x 25.5 in
acrylic on linen

$4300 CDN

Artist Work
Lisa (1959)
22 in x 17 in
gouache on paper

$7500 CDN

Artist Work
Mutations (1995)
32 in x 39.5 in
acrylic on linen

Artist Work
Olo Osolon (1959)
22 in x 17 in
gouache on paper

$7500 CDN

Artist Work
Orchidee (2002)
60 in x 60 in
acrylic on canvas

$19900 CDN

Artist Work
Palissade (1998)
38 in x 51 in
acrylic on canvas

$10700 CDN

Artist Work
Paris, les blancs manteaux (2002)
39.5 in x 39.5 in
acrylic on linen

$8800 CDN

Artist Work
Plage distante (1997)
39.5 in x 31.5 in
acrylic on canvas

$8100 CDN

Artist Work
Plus vaste que la nuit ( 2005)
52 in x 63 in
acrylic on canvas

$16800 CDN

Artist Work
Prauna (1972)
20 in x 28.5 in
colored ink on arche paper

Artist Work
Que s'egare la clarte (2001)
20 in x 25.5 in
acrylic on linen

$4300 CDN

Artist Work
Regard ebloui (2003)
66 in x 66 in
acrylic on canvas

$23300 CDN

Artist Work
Retine 32 (1962)
40 in x 30 in
acrylic on linen

$15000 CDN

Artist Work
Retour des regions claires 2005)
51.75 in x 64.5 in
acrylic on canvas

Artist Work
Rosier-feuilles (1946)
19.25 in x 29.75 in
oil on masonite

$55000 CDN

Artist Work
Sourire Etoile
19.5 in x 25.5 in
acrylic on linen

$4300 CDN

Artist Work
Study for "Plages distantes" (Remote fields) 1990
10 in x 13.75 in
colored felt paper collage

Artist Work
Summertime (2005)
59 in x 59 in
acrylic on canvas

$18500 CDN

Artist Work
Terre mouvantes (2001)
26 in x 36.75 in
acrylic on linen

$6500 CDN

Artist Work
Trace amoureuse (2002)
39.5 in x 39.5 in
acrylic on linen

$8800 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled (1991)
15 in x 19.75 in
colored felt paper collage

Artist Work
Untitled collage (1961)
24 in x 18 in
colored felt paper on paper

$6000 CDN

Artist Work
Vitrail-fleur (2001)
25.75 in x 36.5 in
acrylic on linen

$6400 CDN


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