Jean-Paul Pepin, Canadian painter 1897-1983 Moulin du Quebec (Mill of Quebec) Oil on canvas The reverse signed, titled and dated «Moulin du Quebec / Île d'Orléans,Q.c. / Canada / J.P. Pepin 1951» 49 cm x 61 cm (19" 1/4 x 24") With frame 61 cm x 73.5 cm ( (24" x 29")

The first group of painters in Montreal where established in 1911 under the banner of «Les Peintres de la Montée St Michel». It was a group of 8 without any manifest or declaration; the purpose was simply to meet at the Grand Boisé Saint-Sulpice, near Rivière des Prairies, via  Montée St Michel which is today St. Michel Boulevard. Jean-Paul Pépin joined the Montée St Michel painters in the thirties. After 20 years of experimentations, Pépin develops his own style called «Catalogue» recognized easily by diagonal brush strokes.