Michel Henry [Pont de Jena and the Sacré-Coeur] Oil painting, size 15F [framed]

Produced in 2007

This is a painting commissioned by the artist Michel Henry for our company (Galerie Adeka).

Michel Henry is a painter who mainly paints flowers, and together with Buffet and Brasilier, he is one of the leading painters in the 20th century French art world. His paintings give off a sense of happiness, so he is called the painter of happiness in France, and the king of poppies in America, because he paints many poppies. His transparent colors are likened to jewels. Red is said to be the color of ruby, blue is the color of sawaire, green is the color of emerald, and deep brown is the color of topaz. Michel Henry's paintings are collected by the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Swedish royal family, the Principality of Monaco, the Saudi Arabian royal family, and others. Galerie Adeka has been the sole distributor of Michel Henry in Japan since 1995, planning Michel Henry exhibitions in famous department stores and galleries throughout Japan, producing original prints signed by the artist himself, selling painting prints, and managing copyrights.

Two roses are proudly blooming. The dome of the Sacré-Coeur can be seen in the foreground to the right. The Sacré-Coeur is an architectural structure that symbolizes the beauty of Paris along with Notre Dame. The white Sacré-Coeur and the roses in a crystal vase in the foreground compete for beauty on an equal footing. Michel Henry was born in Langres, a fortified city in the eastern part of France, and lived in Paris for about 70 years since entering the Beaux-Arts in Paris, except for studying abroad in Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands, and loved Paris very much. The Sacré-Coeur, towering over the hill of Montmartre, a symbol of that beautiful Paris, and the roses are given equal value. You can understand how much Michel Henry loved flowers and roses from this painting. The composition is also beautiful, with vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines combined to create a beautiful, orderly, geometric composition.