Jules Michel
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Jules Michel, the French-born artist, received guidance from Georges Rouault and Pablo Picasso but developed his own unique style. (Review, Rob Mowbray, 1980)
It was at the tender age of eight, while exploring the family attic that young Jules Michel first encountered his passion for painting. It came with the discovery of an old oil paint box and with it, he quickly improvised his first paintings.
An audacious and reckless youth, filled with enthusiasm and a healthy team spirit, Jules became the top champion roller skate speed skater in Paris at the age of fourteen. But he was also greatly impressed by the delicacy and extraordinarily precise work of his uncle, engraver Raymond Courcaut. As a result, Jules became a student of advertising while starting to compete in cycling races and continuing to paint in secret.
It was just after World War II, during the well-known Saint Germain-des-Prés period, that Jules met such influential thinkers as Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Boris Vian all against a backdrop of music by the yet unknown Juliette Gréco, and Sydney Bechet and Claude Lutter on their way to fame by way of the latest infusion and fusions of jazz.
Embracing a career in advertising, Jules moved up the agency ladder quickly and steadily, and at each step, found a new opportunity for creativity. But never forgot his first love.
Jules Michel never stopped painting and sculpting but was too individualistic, too full of energy to follow any long academic studies. Instead, he roamed Le Louvre, learned from his artist friends and periodically attended a variety of art schools including: Ecole des Arts Appliqués et des Arts Décoratifs, Les Beaux Arts and La Grande Chaumière where he was temporally interested in Cubism. Some of Jules Michel’s art collectors:
HRH Elizabeth II of England Mercedes Benz, Sydney, Australia Banque Nationale de Paris, Sydney, Australia Art Museum, Adelaide, Australia Musée Laurier, Arthabaska, Canada Government of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan.
1931
- Birth of the artist, December 18
1945
- Learns photo-engraving, lithography, serigraphy and engraving
1948-1951
- Attends Ecole des Arts appliqués et des Arts-décoratifs, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, La Grande Chaumière, Le Louvre 1951
- Military Service - First One Man Show, Galerie Raymond Duncan, Paris, France 1952-1971
- Group Exposition, Salon des Artistes Indépendants and Salon d'Automne, Paris, France 1956
- Winner of the Advertising Trophy for the campaign of the year for "Woolmark" 1968
- Retrospective exhibition, Paris, France 1971
- Establishes his first atelier in Paris, France 1973
- Leaves France for Australia 1974-1980
- Some 30 One Man Shows across Australia 1979
- Exhibition at Galerie Michele Boussard, Paris, France 1980
- Moves to Montreal - "Hommage to Jacques Brel", Galerie Le Méridien, Montreal, Canada 1981
- Jubilee and Retrospective, Liebert Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia 1982
- "Paix Madame", Galerie Hélène Boullé, Montreal, Canada 1984
- "Forum", Galerie de L'Isle, Montreal, Canada 1986
- Salon International des Arts, Montreal - "Retrospective exhibition" Musée Laurier, Arthabaska, Canada 1987
- Exhibition at Patricia Judith Art Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, USA 1988
- Salon d'Automne, Montreal, Canada 1989
- Exhibition at Patricia Judith Art Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, USA 1990
- "Hommage to Van Gogh", Galerie Sherbrooke, Montreal, Canada 1991 - Tokyo International Art Salon (TIAS), Japan - Consortium des Arts, Hôtel Byblos, St-Tropez, France 1992
Wentworth Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA 1993
- Wentworth Art Gallery, Boca Raton, and Palm Beach, Florida, USA 1994
- Musée du Mas Carbasse, Saint-Estève, P.O., France 1996
- Château Valmy, Argelès-sur-mer, P.O. 1997
- Salon des Arts, Sofitel, La Défense, Paris, France 1998
- L'Olivier, Saint-Estève, P.O. - Galerie Maurice-Gabriel François, Levallois-Perret - Groupe C I C, Levallois-Perret, France 1999
- Ariotel, Perpignan, P.O., France - Le Voilier des Saveurs, Perpignan, P.O, France 1998-2000
- Research and preparation of the exhibition "Mille ans d'en France" 206 art pieces 2000
- "Mille ans d'en France" Saint-Mamet, Saint-Estève, P.O. France - Congress of Mayors of Pyrénées Orientales, Prades, P.O., France - Congress of Mayors of France, Paris, France 2002
- Galerie Castelginest, Aude - Académie Artistique du Pays Catalan Baixas, P.O., France - Tribute to Charlie Chaplin's, "The Kid", in the presence of Michael Chaplin, Palais des Congrès, Perpignan, P.O., France 2003
- Galerie Martin Vivès, Chateau Les Pins, Baixas, P.O., France - CCAS, Narbonne, Aude, France - Galerie Phare Sud, Gruissan, Aude, France - Espace Gibert, Lézignan-Corbières, Aude, France 2005
- Upcoming event : - Société Générale - Palais de la Scala, Monte Carlo, Principauté de Monaco - Une promenade en Espagne, Centro Español Perpignan 2006 - Centro Español, Perpignan 2007 - Galerie Eric Chesnais, Alençon - Phare Sud, Gruissan, France, October 6th to 30th, 2007.
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