Jean-Michel Folon

(1934-2005) Belgian

Jean-Michel Folon was a Belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. The first exhibition of his watercolors was in New York in 1969 in the Lefebre Gallery. Over the years his work concentrated on different techniques, including watercolor, etching, silkscreen, illustrations, mosaics, and stained glass, which showed the diversity of his art. Folon published his drawings in newspapers, mostly in the US, where he was recognized earlier than in Europe.