Colour Fields

As the clouds of uncertainty of the last few months begin to part, we’re pleased to share an exhibition of uplifting, visionary colour-field paintings by nine of Canada’s most revered abstract artists.  Our group exhibition features works by Ron Bloore (1925-2009), Kenneth Lochhead (1926-2006), Jacques Hurtubise (1939-2014), Rita Letendre, Fernand Leduc (1916-2014), Jean-Paul Jerome (1928-2004), William Ronald (1926-1998) and Charles Robb.

Colour Field Painting is a style of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. It was inspired by European modernism and closely related to abstract expressionism while many of its notable early proponents were among the pioneering abstract expressionists. Colour field is characterized primarily by large fields of flat, solid colour spread across or stained into the canvas creating areas of unbroken surface and a flat picture plane. The movement places less emphasis on gesture, brushstrokes and action in favour of an overall consistency of form and process.