Jean-Michel Folon

(Belgian, 1934–2005)

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Jean-Michel Folon

I'm Writing From Coney Island

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Jean-Michel Folon

Galerie Du Cacharel, 1972

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Biography

Timeline

1934
born in Uccle, near Brussels
1955
gives up his studies in architecture and moves to Paris where he dedicates to drawing
1960
his first Illustrations are published in The New Yorker , Esquire and Horizon
1967
front cover of The Times and Fortune
1973
illustrates The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
1978
illustrates Alcools and Caligramme by Guillaume Apollinaire
1979
illustrates The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury and the Complete Works of Jacques Prévert
2002
creates his first ceramics
2005
Folon dies in Monaco

Exhibitions

1996
Musée Olympique, Lausanne, Switzerland,
1994
Second Biennale of Sculpture in the Casino Garden, Monaco
1990
Metropolitan Museum of Artn New York, USA
1987
Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1984
200 Watercolours Drawings and Etchings, Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
1978
Musée d’Art Moderne, Liege, Belgium
1976
Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1975
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1971
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Musée d’Art Moderne, Brussels