JAN-MICHEL FOLON
Biography
Jean-Michel Folon was a Brussels artist who was born in 1934 and died in 2005. He worked with a wide range of materials and created works in a variety of forms: watercolours, tapestries, paintings, sculptures and theatre sets.
He was a draughtsman, painter, poster artist, sculptor, scenographer, stained glass designer and film director. Folon, a multidisciplinary artist, has exhibited his work all over the world in the most prestigious museums. He illustrates literary works by famous writers and poets such as Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert, and creates large-scale mural decorations, notably in Milan, Rome and London.
Jean-Michel Folon has also put his talent at the service of some of the world’s greatest institutions. He has been responsible for such landmark representations as the acronym for the bicentenary of the French Revolution (1989) and the illustration of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (1988).
The artist has his own museum, the “Fondation Folon”, which opened in La Hulpe on 27 October 2000. In fifteen exhibition rooms, visitors can discover more than five hundred works by the artist (watercolours, paintings, sculptures, engravings, objects, posters and illustrations).
In September 2003, the Belgian artist was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by French President Jacques Chirac.
