Canadian painter Jean-Paul Pépin was born in a artistic
family; his mother was a musician and his father was a bookseller. He studied
with the greatest names of his era: Laliberté, Delfosse, L.P. Hébert, Ernest
Aubin, Franchère and Clarence Alphonse Gagnon.
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| Jean-Paul Pépin, Abandoned House, Sainte Scholastique, 1953 |
He joined the Montée St Michel painters in the thirties, and painted Quebec landscapes and sceneries. After 20 years of experimentations, Pépin developed his own style called ''Catalogue'' recognized easily by diagonal brush strokes.
His favourite subject were the Old Montreal scenes.
Old Montreal, corner of St-André and Robin, Quartier Ste-Marie,
1960
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