Michel Delacroix (painter)
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Michel Delacroix (born 1933) is a French painter in the " naïf" style. Delacroix was born in
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. 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
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; 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 {{France-painter-20thC-stub