Michel-Henry
Paintings by Michel-Henry
BORN
September 1928
Langres, France
STUDIES
Diderot College, Lanagres and the Ecole nationale Superieure des
Beaux-Arts, Paris.
Head of the studios of Roger Chapelain-Midy.
MEDALS
1960 Silver Medal of the City of Paris
1977 Gold Medal of the Société des Artistes Français
1978 Medal of the City of Chalon
Bronze Medal of the City of Montargis
1979 Medal fo the City of Bollene
Medal of the City of Amilly
Medal of the City of Langres
1981 Gold Medal fo the Nationale Horticultural
Society of France
1984 Medal of the National Police
1986 Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris
1991 Gold Medal of the Salon Violet
MUSEUMS
Museum of Modern Art - Paris
Museums of:
des Baus de Provence Nancy and Alencon, France
Bogata, Columbia
Beirut, Lebanon
Segovia, Spain
Lisbon, Portugal
Valencia, Spain
APPOINTMENTS
1981 Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
1984 Chevalier of the Mérite Agricole
1980 Committee Member of the Salon d’Automne , Member of the Jury of
the Prize Antral.
Representative of the Salon d’Automne at the the Salon NIKA, Tokyo
1994 President of the 13th, Salon d’Angers
1996 Vice-President of the Meeting of the Arts of CALVI, Corsica
1998 President-Organizer of the 3rd Reunion of Contemporary Art at
CALVI
GALLERIES
W.Findlay Galleries; New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, Palm Beach.
Gallery Etiene Sassi; New York, Paris, KIWAI, Hong Kong
ADEKAT, Tokyo.
Hammer Gallery, New York U.S.A.
Au Temps qui, Passe, Genolier Switzerland
AWARDS
1952 Prize Farman
1954 Prize Kromberg
1955 Prize for the sketch of the ball “April in Paris” at the
Waldorf Astoria in New York
1956 Prize Taylor - Prize of the Maison Descartes in Amsterdam
1957 Prize of the Casa Velasquez in Madrid
1960 Prize of the Palais Royal in Paris
1965 Grand Prize of the Young at the Salon National des Beaux-Arts
1967 Prize of Honor of the Regional Council of Haute-Marne - Prize
Marthe Orant
1977 Prize of the Ile de la Réunion by the Ministry of Foreign
Colonies
1979 Prize of the Franco-African Cooperation by the Ministry of
Cooperation
1983 Grand Prize of the Lion’s Club of Gatinais
1985 Prize Henry Gzell at the Salon National des Beaux- Arts
1986 Medal de Vermeil of the City of Paris
1989 Grand Prize of the 10th Arrondissement , City Hall of Paris
1996 Grand Prize of Gemmail
EXHIBITIONS
1954 Exhibition for SHELL, Paris and Amsterdam -Palaccio de
Archivos, Segovia, Spain - Palaccio Foz, Lisbon, Portugal
1955 French Institute in Barcelona, Spain
1956 French Institute in Amsterdam
1958 Gallery Romanet, Paris - Gallery Juana de Mordo, Madrid
1962 Gallery Romanet, Paris
1967 Wally Findlay Galleries, New York
1969 The Theater Gallery, Geneva
1972 Wally Findlay Galleries , New York
1974 Wally Findlay Galleries, Chicago
1975 Contemporary Arts Gallery, Monte Carlo
1976 Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach
1977 Wally Findlay Galleries, Beverly Hills
1980 Hotel George V, Paris
1981 Wally Findlay Galleries, New York
1982 Gallery Kleberg, Geneva
1984 Park Place, Monté Carlo - Wally Findlay Galleries, Chicago -
Tribute at the Salon D’Automne, Paris
Other exhibitions: Lisbon, Segoria, Valencia, Varsovia, Teheran,
Tokyo, Houston, Rouen, Nantes Saint Emilion, La Rochelle, Nice,
Cannes, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand
1996 Tours Museum - Retrospective (1956-1996) of 130 paintings at
the College of the Jesuites of Chaumont - Gallery Titren, Beaune –
Gallery Regards, Metz -
Invitation of Honor of the Salon d’Angers - Museum of Art INBA,
Ciudad-Suarez, Mexico - Center of Contemporary Art, Chihuahua,
Mexico -
University Exhibition, Juarez
1997 Chateau of Vixouze, Polminhac - Tours, “Espace Chateauneuf” -
Salon des Arts Présents Bourget: Invitee of Honor -
El Paso Visual Art Gallery - Hotel Prince of Tokyo and Kuruizawa -
Gallery Misukoshi, Okinawa
1998 Chateau de Val - SOGO, Chiba, Japan - Seoul Gallery, Seoul,
Korea - “Printemps-Ginza” Tokyo, Japan - L’Ecole Polytechnique of
Palaiseau
Ecole de Paris - 50 Years, University Museum, University of Southern
Illinois
1998 Ecole de Paris - 50 Years, Nolan-Rankin Galleries
1998 - Galerie des Remparts, Bordeaux - Galerie de l’Estuaire, Le
Havre - Galerie Alexandre-Leadouze, Cannes