• “If I can sell your tomatoes, I can sell my paintings.” — Hurtubise said this to his father, who owned...

     

    “If I can sell your tomatoes, I can sell my paintings.” — Hurtubise said this to his father, who owned a grocery store, with the same directness that runs through the work itself: sharp, practical, fearless.

     

    Born in Montreal, Hurtubise became one of the key figures of Canadian abstraction. After receiving the Max Beckmann Scholarship, he spent time in New York in 1960, sharpening the scale, rhythm, and graphic force of his practice.

     

    A Focus exhibition now on view at GLR60 Montreal brings together a collection of prints that distill Hurtubise’s visual language into its sharpest elements: saturated colour, bold black forms, rhythmic repetition, and graphic force.

     

    📍 Montréal
    GLR60 | 60 rue Saint-Paul O.

    • Jacques Hurtubise, Dililie, 1975
      Jacques Hurtubise, Dililie, 1975
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Dianamauve, 1975
      Jacques Hurtubise, Dianamauve, 1975
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Dolorozine, 1975
      Jacques Hurtubise, Dolorozine, 1975
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Long Beach, 1980
      Jacques Hurtubise, Long Beach, 1980
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Graffignure d'Azur, 1997
      Jacques Hurtubise, Graffignure d'Azur, 1997
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Graffignure et Jaune, 1997
      Jacques Hurtubise, Graffignure et Jaune, 1997
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Graffignure et Rouge, 1997
      Jacques Hurtubise, Graffignure et Rouge, 1997 Sold
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Agatha, 1973
      Jacques Hurtubise, Agatha, 1973
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Draka, 1975
      Jacques Hurtubise, Draka, 1975
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Dolichita, 1975
      Jacques Hurtubise, Dolichita, 1975
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Drakara, 1975
      Jacques Hurtubise, Drakara, 1975
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Vapona, 1982
      Jacques Hurtubise, Vapona, 1982
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Niti, 1971
      Jacques Hurtubise, Niti, 1971
    • Jacques Hurtubise, Eldorado, 1975
      Jacques Hurtubise, Eldorado, 1975