Les Automatistes
The Montreal group of painters who would become known as the Automatistes formed around the charismatic figure of, abstract painter, Paul-êmile Borduas.
The Montreal group of painters who would become known as the Automatistes formed around the charismatic figure of, abstract painter, Paul-êmile Borduas. In the early years of the 1940s, Borduas became a passionate advocate of a truly spontaneous or “automatic” form of painting. In this way of thinking, Borduas was inspired by the stream-of-consciousness writing of the French surrealist poet, Andre Breton.
Artwork by Members of Les Automatistes
oil, circa 1959
18 x 21.75 in (45.7 x 55.2 cm)
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oil on canvas, circa 1958
28.5 x 36 in (72.4 x 91.4 cm)
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