Portrait 1961

Jean Paul Lemieux made this portrait with oil paint and canvas. The color palette is muted, and the paint looks like it has been softly applied. Lemieux is really thinking about form. The flat planes of color feel considered. The painting is relatively simple but has a striking style. It reminds me of folk art and medieval painting, but with a modern touch. It makes me want to re-evaluate all the classic paintings I have seen before and wonder if the people in them were as awkward, and as full of wonder as me.