| Born in Montreal in 1923, he became interested in painting at a very early age. In 1949 and 1950 he exhibited paintings in the Annual Spring Exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Montreal. After a solo exhibition at Galerie Agnes Lefort in 1951, he was encouraged by Paul-Emile Borduas to travel to Europe. He stayed in Paris for 3 years where he spent time with Jean-Paul Riopelle and Sam Francis.
Exhibitions:
1954 Galerie Agnes Lefort
1955 Espace 55, Montreal Museum of Fine Art Galerie L'Actuelle
1956 Modern Canadian Painters-Parma Gallery, New York Galerie Actuelle
1957 Association of Non-Figurative Artists of Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Art
1959 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, National Art Gallery of Canada in Ottawa
1960 Solo Exhibit in Gallery XII at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1962 "Paintings from Canadian Collections", Musée de Bordeaux, France;|Exhibition of Canadian Artists in Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY;|
Commonwealth Institute in London, England; Recent Acquisitions, Museum of
Modern Art, New York
1963 Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City " 5 Canadian Painters" at the Musée Galleria in Paris Biennial Exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1966 Jean McEwen & Harold Town, travelling exhibition, National Gallery ofCanada
1967 Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal; National Gallery of Canada; Canadian Pavilion of Expo 67; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1970 Art in Quebec, Man and His World, Montreal
1973 Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris; McEwen 1953-1973, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Montreal
1974 Marlborough Gallery, New York
1978 Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris
1982 Sir George Williams Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
1985 National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, PQ
1987 "Colour in Depth", Montreal Museum of Fine Art
1988 Receives the Paul- Emile Borduas prize from the Government of Quebec |
