Who Are The Automatistes, And What Did They Paint?

About those Canadian artists, who will be featured in The Automatiste Revolution: Montreal, 1941-1960 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery next spring, which I just mentioned here: I don’t know their work, and maybe you don’t either, so in the interest of learning — and in procrastinating from my real writing — I’ve obtained some images:

Here is Marcel Barbeau’s Rosier-feuilles (Rose-Bush Leaves), 1946:

Pierre Gauvreau’s Colloque exhubérant (Exhuberant Conversation),1944:

Paul-Émile Borduas’ Composition,1942:

And Paul-Émile Borduas’ Bercement silencieux (Silent Rocking), 1956:

They are all now on view at the Varley Art Gallery near Toronto.

Photos: Courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery