Michel Henry [Bouquet Panache] Gouache = Opaque watercolor painting [with frame]

Size equivalent to No. 2 Produced in 2013

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

Gouache is the name of a painting technique and is also called opaque watercolor. It is similar to oil painting dissolved in water. It is more viscous than normal watercolor paint and can be applied thickly to a certain extent. Oil paint is dissolved in terrapin oil and applied to the canvas, so it takes more than 10 days for the paint to dry, but opaque watercolor is dissolved in water so it dries quickly and, unlike oil painting, it cannot be corrected. For artists, it is a one-shot painting. Some people who love painting prefer the improvisational and fresh nature of gouache.

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.