Les Automatistes

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Les Automatistes was a mid-20th-century Quebec avant-garde art movement and collective known for its abstract, expressive painting and its influential Refus global manifesto challenging conservative cultural norms.

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instanceOf art movement
artist collective
activeYearsEnd 1950s
activeYearsStart 1941
artisticApproach non-figurative composition
psychic automatism
spontaneous expression
country Canada
exhibitedAt Montreal NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
field dance
painting
printmaking
theatre
visual arts
foundedBy Paul-Émile Borduas NERFINISHED
genre abstract painting
gestural painting
hasMember Bruno Cormier NERFINISHED
Claude Gauvreau NERFINISHED
Fernand Leduc NERFINISHED
Françoise Sullivan NERFINISHED
Jean-Paul Mousseau NERFINISHED
Jean-Paul Riopelle NERFINISHED
Lise Gervais NERFINISHED
Louis Belzile NERFINISHED
Marcel Barbeau NERFINISHED
Marcelle Ferron NERFINISHED
Mimi Parent NERFINISHED
Muriel Guilbault NERFINISHED
Paul-Émile Borduas NERFINISHED
Pierre Gauvreau NERFINISHED
ideology anti-clericalism
cultural liberalism
secularism
inception 1940s
influenced Canadian abstract art
Quebec modern art
Quiet Revolution NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Surrealism NERFINISHED
automatism
languageOfWork French
location Montreal NERFINISHED
Quebec NERFINISHED
mainManifesto Refus global NERFINISHED
manifestoPublisher Éditions Mithra-Mythe NERFINISHED
movement abstract art
avant-garde
modern art
notableWork Refus global NERFINISHED
opposedTo Catholic Church dominance in Quebec society
conservative cultural norms in Quebec
publicationDateOfManifesto 1948

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Jean-Paul Riopelle movement Les Automatistes
Jean-Paul Riopelle memberOf Les Automatistes