Jean-Paul Jérôme

Jean-Paul Jérôme (1928-2004) was always a creative, attuned to the visual world and his senses. His appreciation for the arts brought him to the Montréal School of Fine Arts where he primarily studied fresco painting, however like many young people of the era, he quickly embraced abstraction and the avant-garde.

In 1955 Jérôme was a cofounder of the historical French-Canadian movement “Manifeste des Plasticiens” that elevated abstract art and aimed to share it with the masses.

However shortly after, he spent three formative years in Paris working with artists including Giacometti, Hans Hartung, and Vasarely. Today we can see traces of their influence in his works. Unlike his European colleagues, Jérôme was not exclusive to one abstract aesthetic. Throughout his career, he experimented with different materials, approaches, and styles; from futurism to abstract expressionism to hard-edge painting.

During his lifetime, the artist produced over 5,000 works of art. Today his work is found in many public and private collections across the country and beyond.

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