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Description
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary visual artist Jean Paul Riopelle, the Royal Canadian Mint issued a $2 circulation coin recognizing his status as one of Canada's, and the world's, most influential artists of the 20th century.
Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec. He had one of the longest and most important international careers of the sixteen signatories of the Refus Global, the 1948 manifesto that announced the Quebecois artistic community's refusal of clericalism and provincialism. He is best known for his abstract painting style, in particular, his "mosaic" works of the 1950s when he famously abandoned the paintbrush, using only a palette knife to apply paint to canvas, giving his works a distinctive sculptural quality. He became the first Canadian painter since James Wilson Morrice to attain widespread international recognition.
Obverse
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Fourth portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II, when she was 77 years old, facing right and surrounded by the inscription. On the right, the four pearls symbolise the four effigies that have graced Canadian coins and the double date of her reign. ELIZABETH II 2023 D • G • REGINA |
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Reverse
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Depicts a pair of wild geese, a cropped detail from a section (Panel 29) of Jean Paul Riopelle’s monumental fresco, L’Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg. Created in 1992, the 40-metre long, 30-panelled tryptic was one of Riopelle’s final and most significant works and features acrylic and spray-painted silhouettes – including the emblematic birds. CANADA |
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200 Dollars
Transition obverse, Pure Gold Coin
RCM# 208766
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