 Odyssée-Un, 1993 acrylic on canvas, 24" × 30" |
  Mandoline, 1983 acrylic on canvas, 15" × 18" |
 Bruges, 1990 acrylic on canvas, 16" × 16" |
 Fonds Marin, 1975 acrylic on linen, 13" × 22" |
 Les Palais Royaux, 1993 acrylic on canvas, 6" × 40" |
 Dakotas, 1983 acrylic on canvas, 26" × 19 3/4" |
Jéan-Paul Jérôme (1928-2004) – Artist Biography
Jéan-Paul Jérôme was born in Montréal, Québec in 1928. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montréal from 1943 to 1950.
He was one of the four founding members of the Plasticien movement [c. 1955]. The Plasticiens marked a return to the European geometric abstraction - in direct opposition with the aesthetic of the Abstract Expressionists and an alternative to the Automatistes. They rejected the world's romantic idea and its expression of the self, for an ideal of perfection. Their principal interest concerned 'formal' ideas: tone; texture; form; lines; final unity which forms the painting; and the rapport between these elements. They favoured small formats both in the size of their canvases as well as in their internal formal subdivisions of colour. Piet Mondrian was an inspiration to the group and the ultimate reference for their geometric vision.
Jérôme stood out for his ability to relinquish the rigid grid. He let his larger-scale planes overrun his edges rather than accommodate them. For example, specifically in Untitled, 1955, the lateral rhythm of the composition overrides the usual centrality of the Plasticien image.
Jérôme is known for his paintings of force, rigour and energy.
— Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent