Jean Paul Lemieux
Jean Paul Lemieux
1904 - 1990
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Jean Paul Lemieux was born in 1904 in Quebec City. Lemieux and his family spent winters in Quebec City and summers at Kent House, above Montmorency Falls. In 1914 at Kent House, the young Lemieux met the American artist Charles Parnell; after many hours of observing Parnell, Lemieux began to sketch on his own.

In 1916 the Lemieux family moved to California; however, returned to Canada shortly after in 1917, settling in Montreal.

In 1926, Lemieux enrolled in l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal and spent the next three years studying under Edwin Holgate and others. Lemieux took teaching positions beginning in 1934, first at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, then in 1935 at the École du meuble. In 1937, he moved to Québec City and taught at the École des beaux-arts de Québec until his retirement in 1965.

Until 1940 Lemieux’s paintings were inspired by a decorative and realistic style. During the period of 1940 - 1950, Lemieux’s paintings can be characterized as humourous studies of the social environment of Quebec, an area which he had a great affinity for. Lemieux maintained distance from the volatile atmosphere of Montreal during the late 1940s; despite being cognisant of the manifestos Prisme d’Yeux and Refus Global, Lemieux remained indifferent to them.

The early to mid 1950s marked an important departure in Lemieux’s style. Lemieux’s works became simplified and he began experimenting with cubist structures. From 1956 onwards Lemieux produced paintings of solitary figures in simplistic, monochromatic landscapes, a style which he has become well known for.
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Nineteen Ten Remembered by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $2,340,000
Jean Paul Lemieux
Nineteen Ten Remembered
42 x 57 1/2 in, 106.7 x 146 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $0 - $0 CDN
Sold for: $2,340,000 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2011 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 24, 2011
La plage américaine by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $1,813,500
Jean Paul Lemieux
La plage américaine
46 x 69 1/2 in, 116.8 x 176.5 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $500,000 - $700,000 CDN
Sold for: $1,813,500 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2012 - 1st Session on Thursday, May 17, 2012
La nuit des rois by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $1,081,250
Jean Paul Lemieux
La nuit des rois
47 x 77 in, 119.4 x 195.6 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $600,000 - $800,000 CDN
Sold for: $1,081,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, November 24, 2022
Les citadens by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $1,081,250
Jean Paul Lemieux
Les citadens
49 1/4 x 108 1/2 in, 125.1 x 275.6 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $900,000 - $1,200,000 CDN
Sold for: $1,081,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Les Moniales by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $1,023,750
Jean Paul Lemieux
Les Moniales
41 5/8 x 80 3/8 in, 105.7 x 204.1 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 CDN
Sold for: $1,023,750 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2011 - 1st Session on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Dimanche by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $914,500
Jean Paul Lemieux
Dimanche
67 3/4 x 31 3/4 in, 172.1 x 80.6 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $700,000 - $900,000 CDN
Sold for: $914,500 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2016 - 4th Session on Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Le Cavalier dans la neige by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $841,250
Jean Paul Lemieux
Le Cavalier dans la neige
35 x 54 in, 88.9 x 137.1 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $700,000 - $900,000 CDN
Sold for: $841,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Dimanche by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $819,000
Jean Paul Lemieux
Dimanche
67 3/4 x 31 3/4 in, 172.1 x 80.6 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 CDN
Sold for: $819,000 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2011 - 1st Session on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
La visite by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $719,800
Jean Paul Lemieux
La visite
36 x 20 1/2 in, 91.4 x 52.1 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $250,000 - $350,000 CDN
Sold for: $719,800 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2015 - 1st Session on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Les voyageurs by Jean Paul Lemieux sold for $702,000
Jean Paul Lemieux
Les voyageurs
39 3/4 x 74 3/8 in, 101 x 189.5 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $350,000 - $450,000 CDN
Sold for: $702,000 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2011 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 24, 2011