Works by Jean McEwen

Jean McEwen

Épithalame

Oil on canvas
1977
183 x 183 cm (72 x 72 po)

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Jean McEwen

Trou de mémoire no.9

Oil on canvas
1992
41 x 35,5 cm (16,25 x 14 po)
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Jean McEwen

Le chant de la Terre - Das Lied von der Erde

Oil on canvas
1972
127 x 127 cm (50 x 50 po)

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Jean McEwen

Les continents fleuris no. 2

Oil on canvas
1974
198,12 x 304,8 cm (78 x 120 po)
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Jean McEwen

Temples heureux no.7

Oil on canvas
1977
183 x 183 cm (72 x 72 po)

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Jean McEwen

Jardin de pierres vastes #4

Oil on canvas
1993
213,5 x 162,5 cm (84 x 64 po)
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Jean McEwen

Cellule ocre

Oil on canvas
1960
99 x 127 cm (39 x 50 po)
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Jean McEwen

Ni plus ni moins

oil on canvas
1993
183 x 183 cm (72 x 72 po)
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Jean McEwen

Poème barbare no. 23

Oil on canvas
1998
190,5 x 127 cm (75 x 50 po)
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Jean McEwen

Poème barbare no. 7

Oil on canvas
1998
183 x 183 cm (72 x 72 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre

Oil on canvas
Vers 1955
76 x 124,5 cm (30 x 49 po)
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Jean McEwen

Jardin de pierres vaste #4

Oil on canvas
1993-1994
152,4 x 101,6 cm (60 x 40 in)
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Jean McEwen

Tableau pour Isabelle

Acrylic on canvas
1969
152,5 x 76 cm (60 x 30 po)
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Jean McEwen

Au pays parfumé que le soleil caresse

Acrylic on canvas
1970
132 x 117 cm (52 x 46 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre

Acrylic on canvas
1970
182,5 x 153 cm (71,75 x 60,25 po)
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Jean McEwen

La folie conduisant l'amour

Acrylic on canvas
1967
51 x 51 cm (20 x 20 po)
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Jean McEwen

La môme vert-de-gris #2

Oil on canvas
1997
193 x 152,4 cm (76 x 60 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre

Oil on canvas
C. 1953-1954
101.5 x 76 cm (40x 30 in)
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Jean McEwen

Printemps (DME-44)

Oil on canvas
1952
66 x 76 cm (26 x 30 po)
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Jean McEwen

Le drapeau écorché No 3

Oil on canvas
1985
198 x 152,5 cm (78 x 60 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre (DME-2)

Colored inks on paper
1954
31 x 40,5 cm (12,2 x 16 po)
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Jean McEwen

Belle-île-en-mer

Colored inks on paper
1952
26 x 36 cm (10 x 14 po)
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Jean McEwen

Élégie criblée de bleu

Watercolor on paper (recto-verso)
1987
58 x 76 cm (22,75 x 30 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre #434

Watercolour on paper
1997
56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 po)
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Jean McEwen

Cantate des colonnes

Watercolour on paper
1995
56 x 73 cm (22 x 28,75 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre (DME-40)

Watercolour on paper
V. 1968
81 x 58 cm (32 x 23 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre (DME-25)

Watercolour on paper
1962
36 x 26 cm (14,25 x 10,25 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre (DME-55)

Watercolour on paper
1963
36 x 26 cm (14,25 x 10,25 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre #294

Watercolour on paper
1998
63 x 56,5 cm (24,75 x 22,25 po)
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Jean McEwen

Sans titre - Poème barbare

Watercolour on paper
1997
76 x 56 cm (29,92 x 22,05 in)
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Jean McEwen

Poème barbare #754

Watercolour on paper
1998
76 x 56 cm (30 x 22 po)
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About the artist

Jean McEwen

Jean McEwen

Jean McEwen was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1923. He completed a degree in Pharmacy at the University of Montreal in 1948, but soon realized he was more of an artist and a poet than a chemist. Later his painted work would be exhibited alongside that of the soon-to-be-famous Automatist painters of Montreal, with Paul-Émile Borduas as their leader.

Starting in 1951, numerous solo exhibitions were held in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto and New York (Martha Jackson Gallery). A first retrospective show was presented in 1973 at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, McEwen 1953-1973; a second retrospective show was organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine arts in 1987, entitled Jean McEwen: Colour in Depth.

Jean McEwen is considered one of Canada’s most influential abstract painters. He received many awards during his career, including the Concours Artistique for the Province of Quebec (1961) and an honorable mention during the Sondage 68 show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1968). In 1977 he received the Victor Lynch-Staunton Scholarship from the Canada Council, which honours outstanding artistic achievement by Canadian mid-career artists. He was also awarded the prestigious Paul-Émile Borduas Award by the Province of Quebec in 1998.

Jean McEwen died in Montreal on January 9, 1999.

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