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1925 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 1979. Known for: Textured pure abstract painting with palette knife, abstract expression.
Guy Michon (1925 – 1979). A prominent French Canadian painter, Guy Michon was born in Montreal, Quebec where he appears to have lived his whole life. He was an associate of Paul-Emile Borduas (see... Read full biography
Guy Michon (1925 – 1979). A prominent French Canadian painter, Guy Michon was born in Montreal, Quebec where he appears to have lived his whole life. He was an associate of Paul-Emile Borduas (see askART) and the Automatistes*, a student of Jacques de Tonnancour (see askART), and a client of... Read full biography
Guy Michon (1925 – 1979). A prominent French Canadian painter, Guy Michon was born in Montreal, Quebec where he appears to have lived his whole life. He was an associate of Paul-Emile Borduas (see askART) and the Automatistes*, a student of Jacques de Tonnancour (see askART), and a client of Dominion Gallery*. Michon’s works are in the permanent collection of the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts. (1). Michon’s primary medium was oil paint applied with a palette knife. His subjects were color, shape,... Read full biography
Guy Michon (1925 – 1979). A prominent French Canadian painter, Guy Michon was born in Montreal, Quebec where he appears to have lived his whole life. He was an associate of Paul-Emile Borduas (see askART) and the Automatistes*, a student of Jacques de Tonnancour (see askART), and a client of Dominion Gallery*. Michon’s works are in the permanent collection of the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts. (1). Michon’s primary medium was oil paint applied with a palette knife. His subjects were color, shape, line and texture; in a word: abstraction*. His style was Abstract Expressionism*. His askART record has dozens of excellent illustrations of his typical style. His art education includes the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal (c.1952) under Jacques de... Read full biography
Guy Michon (1925 – 1979). A prominent French Canadian painter, Guy Michon was born in Montreal, Quebec where he appears to have lived his whole life. He was an associate of Paul-Emile Borduas (see askART) and the Automatistes*, a student of Jacques de Tonnancour (see askART), and a client of Dominion Gallery*. Michon’s works are in the permanent collection of the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts. (1). Michon’s primary medium was oil paint applied with a palette knife. His subjects were color, shape, line and texture; in a word: abstraction*. His style was Abstract Expressionism*. His askART record has dozens of excellent illustrations of his typical style. His art education includes the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Montreal (c.1952) under Jacques de Tonnancour there and afterwards in private studies. Michon was also greatly influenced by his association, through most of the 1950s,... Read full biography
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Guy Michon (1925 – 1979)
A prominent French Canadian painter, Guy Michon was born in Montreal, Quebec where he appears to have lived his whole life. He was an associate of Paul-Emile Borduas (see askART) and the Automatistes*, a student of Jacques de Tonnancour (see askART), and a client of Dominion Gallery*. Michon’s works are in the permanent collection of the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts. (1)
Michon’s primary medium was oil paint applied with a palette knife. His subjects were color, shape, line and texture; in a word: abstraction*. His style was Abstract Expressionism*. His askART record has dozens of excellent illustrations of his typical style.
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