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Private Collection, Montreal

Ovodalesque noire is a hypnotic work that captivates the viewer with its elegant palette and its rich, tempestuous surface. As our eye travels across the composition, the interactions between colours reveal different textures. Inspired by works from Colour Field painters such as Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, Jean McEwen laid down his pigments in layered veils with varying thicknesses, creating dazzling effects of transparency. Marbled coats of cobalt, mustard and chartreuse reveal underlying touches of chocolate brown and black. The chromatic intensity of Ovodalesque noire demonstrates the artist’s innate understanding of colour.

McEwen has received many awards and distinctions for his works, such as the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award from the Canada Council of the Arts in 1977 and the Paul-Émile Borduas award in 1998. In 1969 he became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy. Important retrospectives of his works have been held at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 1973 and at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1987.

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