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 1951» 30.5 cm x 40.6 cm (12" x 16") With frame 42.2 xm x 52.4 cm (16" 5/8 x 20" 5/8)

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.