| Jean-Michel
Folon (1934 - 2005)
Jean-Michel Folon was born in Brussels. He began to
study architecture but abandoned it in favor of drawing, which
allowed more expressive studies. His drawings have appeared in
numerous magazines including Time, Fortune, The New Yorker,
and L'Express. In 1969 he had his first one-man show
in the United States, followed closely by exhibitions in Tokyo,
Venice, Milan, London, Sao Paulo, Geneva, Brussels, and Paris.
Folon has illustrated works by Kafka, Lewis Carroll, and Ray Bradbury.
In 1973 he created a series of watercolors titled La Mort d'un
Arbre (The Death of a Tree), for which Max Ernst created a
lithograph as a preface. Folon has completed a 176-square-foot
painting for a subway station in Brussels and a 160-square-foot
painting for Waterloo Station in London. He is most comfortable
using the engraving and drypoint techniques of printmaking.
PARIS - Jean-Michel Folon, the Belgium-born artist whose works
appeared in galleries, magazines and subway stations around the
world, died Thursday, the Guy Pieters gallery said. He was 71.
Folon died at the age of 71 in a Monaco hospital after a long
illness. He is survived
by his wife and a son from his first marriage.
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