JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX 'L'ORPHELINE' SILKSCREEN

AFTER JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX (CANADIAN, 1904�1990) COLOUR SILKSCREEN ON PAPER, TITLED "L'ORPHELINE" ("THE ORPHAN"), SIGNED IN THE PLATE "JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX" LOWER RIGHT PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA 23.75 X 17.75 IN 34 X 27.5 IN FRAMED JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX (1904�1990), C.C., G.O.Q., WAS ONE OF THE FOREMOST FIGURES IN 20TH-CENTURY CANADIAN ART. EDUCATED AT MONTREAL'S �COLE DES BEAUX-ARTS AND THE ACAD�MIE DE LA GRANDE CHAUMI�RE IN PARIS, LEMIEUX DEVELOPED AN ICONIC FIGURATIVE STYLE CHARACTERIZED BY HAUNTING ATMOSPHERIC SOLITUDE, STARK GEOMETRIC SIMPLICITY, AND NORDIC SPACE. FIRST CONCEIVED IN 1956, "L'ORPHELINE" STANDS AS ONE OF HIS DEFINITIVE MASTERPIECES, EMBODYING THE EXTREME POETIC STILLNESS AND EXISTENTIAL VULNERABILITY OF HIS CLASSIC PERIOD. HIS ORIGINAL MASTERWORKS ARE PRESERVED IN PREEMINENT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONALLY AND ACROSS CANADA, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA AND THE MUS�E NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QU�BEC.