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Michel Gigon
Michel Gigon (born 1929 in Caen, Calvados) is a French painter, stained-glass window designer. He began his artistic career in 1953.
Work.
Michel Gigon made many exhibitions in France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Poland. Many of its paintings are in private collections in France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain.
- Caen museum one painting.
- Rennes museum severals drawings.
- Arts et Lettres management of Paris one drawing.
- Kłodzko museum (
.” Jil Silberstein author and poet, extract from his monograph of Michel Gigon.
“In present circumstances of stagnation or misleading or incertitude in painting, your singular work is more than an interrogation, it is a real provocation and should not leave people of good will insensitive.” Extract form François Mathey’s correspondence with Michel Gigon (†1993), Custodian of the Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris
“Michel Gigon gathers hope amongst the brutal humanities. His painting fascinates and shocks. It invites us to displace our