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Recognized for his painting of the landscape and cities of Quebec, Lemieux was received as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in His paintings are in high demand and have demanded multi-million dollar bids to obtain them. Jean Paul Lemieux was born into a well-to-do family on November 18, His father, Joseph Flavien, was a Greenshields Ltd agent, and was often away on business.

Lemieux and his sister, Marguerite and brother, Henri were raised primarily by their mother, Corinne Blouin, and grew up with all of the privileges of the affluent English- and French-speaking communities in Quebec city.

Jean paul lemieux biography for kids video: Jean Paul Lemieux (–), painter,

While they wintered in the city, long happy summers were spent at a countryside resort. Inspired by a visiting artist and the waterfall by their summer abode, Lemiuex painted his first watercolour in In , Corinne and the children moved to Berkeley, California due to the health issues of Marguerite. The family moved back to Montreal the following year however, where Jean Paul attended College Mont-Saint-Louis and then Loyola College, all the while taking watercolour lessons.

On his return to Montreal, he and his friends launched JANSS, a commercial and advertising art company, but it was only to operate for six months in the tough post-crash economy. While studying, Lemieux continued to paint and he began to exhibit his work of portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes. Along with teaching and painting, Lemieux also worked as an art critic from until , writing for magazine and newspapers including Le Jour, Regards, Maritime Art, and Canadian Art.