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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About Guy Michon: Books
Books & Publications (5)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Egregore: A History of the Montreal Automatist Movement
1998
Ellenwood, Ray
357 pages (color)
The Collection: Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery
1981
Editor, Sarnia Public Library
98 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists: Volume 4 Little-Myles