Abstrait – Fernand Toupin

Toupin, Fernand (1930-2009) Lithograph
lithograph signed lower right F. Toupin, numbered 118/150 
Dimension: 7″ x 4.5″ 18 x 11.5 cm

Québécois abstract artist Fernand Toupin RCA (1930, Montreal–2009 Terrebonne) was a painter best known as a first-generation member of the avant-garde movement known as Les Plasticiens. Like other members of the group, his shaped paintings drew upon the tradition of geometric abstraction, and he cited Mondrian as a forerunner. In 1959, Toupin began working with a more lyrical, though abstract, way of painting. The last decade of his career saw his return to geometric abstraction. Like Jean-Paul Mousseau, Toupin created works which lay outside the standard boundaries of art such as his stage sets for ballets.

His first early-career retrospectives in 1967 and 1972 were organized by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and the Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris.  Toupin’s work has been the subject of several gallery and museum exhibitions, both in Canada and abroad.