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{{Infobox artist | name = Léonel Jules | image = leo_face.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|29 December 1953}} | birth_place = Port-au-Prince, Haiti | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = Painter, Artist | training = | movement = Carré Plastique | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = }}
'''Leonel Jules''' is a Canadian painter from Montreal, Quebec.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/201001/23/01-942273-couleurs-dhaiti-a-montreal.php |title=Couleur d'Haïti à Montréal Cyberpresse Retrieved 2010 |access-date=2019-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608053151/http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/201001/23/01-942273-couleurs-dhaiti-a-montreal.php |archive-date=2011-06-08 |url-status=live }}</ref> A graduate of the Université du Québec in Fine Arts, he has done research in art history and semiotics, devoting himself to painting and the diffusion of art though a television show and a research center known as Art-Media.
== Influences == The artist was influenced by Paul Klee<ref>[http://www.zpk.org/ww/fr/pub/web_root.cfm Centre Paul Klee à Berne] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015220259/http://www.zpk.org/ww/fr/pub/web_root.cfm |date=2009-10-15 }}</ref> for his interest of drawing rhythms, graphics and spirituality. Matisse<ref>[http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-matisse-EN/ENS-matisse-en.htm Henri Matisse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804202522/http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-matisse-EN/ENS-matisse-en.htm |date=2008-08-04 }}</ref> offered a portfolio of color and collage. Riopelle and les Automatistes<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/5/h5-301-e.html |title=The Automatists and the Book |access-date=2009-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519123731/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/5/h5-301-e.html |archive-date=2011-05-19 |url-status=live }}</ref> Québécois contributed stimulated energy by their gestures. Picasso, especially Guernica, showed him that transcendence could come from painting.
<gallery> Image:Obama dream.JPG|Obama Black and White Dream<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.haiti.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=208:07012010-press-release-artists-united-a-call-for-artistic-contributions-answered&catid=1:latest-news |title=Embassy of Haiti, Washington DC |access-date=2019-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191537/http://www.haiti.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=208:07012010-press-release-artists-united-a-call-for-artistic-contributions-answered&catid=1:latest-news |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> </gallery>
== Recognition ==
* 2004–2005 Creation grant, SODAC<ref>[http://www.sodac-info.org/ Société de développement des arts et de la culture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525140518/http://www.sodac-info.org/ |date=2009-05-25 }} </ref> * 1989 Canadian Painters Award, Montreal * 1985 Gold Medal, Visual Arts National Competition * 1984 Silver Medal and Honourable Mention, Visual Arts National Competition
== Collections == Jules' works appear in private and public collections such as the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, the Musée de Joliette, Martineau Walker Collection, the Collection of the National Bank of Canada, Loto Québec Collection, Collection and Provigo in Montreal, as well as other private collections in Germany, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Miami, Switzerland, Monte Carlo and Haiti.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081224055650/http://www.leoneljules.com/ Leonel Jules Official Website] *[http://www.art-media.ca/ Art-Media] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090613062930/http://www.spencegallery.ca/artist/leonel.jules/ Spence Gallery] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100523054243/http://www.diversiteartistique.org/repertoire/image_video/leonel_jules Diversité artistique] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115190025/http://www.quotidien.uqam.ca/index.php?article=403 Black History Month], ''Mathieu Da Costa'' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110511193659/http://www.michel-ange.net/?artiste=jules-leonel Michel-Ange Gallery]
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