Jean-Paul Jérôme
(1928 - 2004) Les Plasticiens, RCA
Previously Sold Works
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Itinéraire insolite
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1976 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
18.25 x 21.5 ins ( 46.4 x 54.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $5,750.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Five Abstract Compositions
acrylics on canvas
five acrylic on paintings framed together; each signed and dated (1973-1974) lower right
8.5 x 4.75 ins ( 21.6 x 12.1 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $3,680.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Arcane sonore
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1978 lower right; signed and titled on the stretcher
51 x 63 ins ( 129.5 x 160 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Chemin-blanc
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1975 lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “Anjou-1975” on the reverse
21.25 x 26.25 ins ( 54 x 66.7 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Astres silencieux
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1974 lower right
9.5 x 5.75 ins ( 24.1 x 14.6 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Rempart de la tour sud
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1976 lower right
18.5 x 22 ins ( 47 x 55.9 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Des Immensités
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1978 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the stretcher
15 x 18 ins ( 38.1 x 45.7 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
La nuit du songe terrestre
charcoal on paper mounted on card
signed, titled and dated 1976 lower right
40 x 26 ins ( 101.6 x 66 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Sans titre
sepia ink and watercolour
signed and dated 1989 lower left
16 x 13.5 ins ( 40.6 x 34.3 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Abstract Composition
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 77 lower right; signed on the reverse
10 x 15.25 ins ( 25.4 x 38.7 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Les quantas de la mechanique
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 75 lower right; signed, titled and dated 1975 on the reverse
13 x 18 ins ( 33 x 45.7 cms )
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
La margelle de pierre
conte on paper
signed and titled in the lower margin; signed, titled and dated “16 Mars 1977” on the reverse
10.75 x 10.75 ins ( 27.3 x 27.3 cms ) ( image )
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Jean-Paul Jérôme Biography
(1928 - 2004) Les Plasticiens, RCA
Born in Montreal, he became fascinated with the work of Van Gogh before he entered art school. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1944-49) where he received his diploma. After his graduation he did little or no painting. Returning to his easel he had his paintings accepted for the annual Montreal Spring Shows of 1951, 52, and 53. He exhibited as well in the Quebec Provincial Exhibition of 1952 and in 1954 held his first one man show at Gallery XII of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. His paintings of this period were derived from the influences of artists like Mondrian, Doesburg, Kandinsky, Malevitch as well as the Cubists. In his methodical study of space he was moved in 1955 to compose in collaboration with Belzile, Jauran (Rodolphe de Repentigny) and Toupin the “Manifeste des Plasticiens” a reaction against the paintings of the Borduas camp which the Plasticiens considered overly facile.
In 1956 Jérôme became a member of the Non-Figurative Artists Association of Montreal. This same year he sailed for France to pursue further study in art and also travelled in Italy, Switzwerland and Austria. It was in 1957 during his one man show at Galerie Arnaud that Jean Simard, noted Montreal art critic, first saw Jérôme's paintings and was struck by the intensely Canadian and northern colours of his work.
Jérôme returned to Montreal in 1958 and in 1959 held a solo show at the Denyse Delrue Gallery for which a catalogue was produced with text by Simard. It was here that Simard explained how he found Jérôme's work bewitching, filled with dreams, nostalgia, solitude and love and how the artist divided his composition into two unequal rectangles which he then carefully filled with raw colours. Dorothy Pfeiffer of “The Gazette” found that his work reminded her of Bible scenes especially his paintings of reeds. Other works which had the qualities of the Northern Lights made her think what good designs for stained-glass windows in modern cathedrals they would make.
Jérôme had on his return to Montreal joined the staff of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, while he also continued with his development as a painter. In 1960 he held a solo show of abstract pastels at Galerie Libre. It was in these pastels that the reviewer for “La Presse” found the qualities which indicated to him that Jérôme would make a good theatre decorator because of his sense of space, sense of depth, and a sense of a certain living breathing relief enveloped by mystery and drama with his colours admirably chosen for the play of lighting.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume I: A-F", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1977
