Michel Delacroix (born 1933) is a
French painter in the "
naïf" style.
Delacroix was born in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
. He studied at the
Lycee Louis-le-Grand. He has had one man shows as well as group exhibitions in Europe. Delacroix's primitive style in his paintings and graphics combine structure and detail with rich colour to convey the bustling, diverse activity of the streets of Paris.
Delacroix's subjects include street scenes of Paris and other nearby areas of France set during his childhood during the
Nazi occupation
German-occupied Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly occupied and civil-occupied (including puppet governments) by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 ...
; he was only seven years old at the time. He is the father of French painter
Fabienne Delacroix. He is also the father of the late
Bertrand Delacroix (1965–2015) who opened fine art galleries in New York City and Boston which represent his father's work.
Delacroix had an exhibition entitled ''Le Temps Retrouvé'' at Axelle Fine Arts Galerie in New York City which opened on December 5, 2015.
References
General references
* Hackenberg, D. Michel Delacroix. 1st. Hackenberg Inc., 2007.
External links
Delacroix at M Fine Arts Galerie
1933 births
Living people
Painters from Paris
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
French male painters
21st-century French painters
21st-century French male artists
Naïve painters
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