Michel Henry [Summer Fruits] Oil painting 80x40cm [framed]

2011 work

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.

Work Description

It would not look out of place in a contemporary art exhibition. Three tulips are drawn for no reason. There is no beautiful, classical triangular composition by Michel Henry. Three tulips and three long transparent jars with tulips in them are drawn. These transparent vases should serve as vases for the tulips, but the three jars are the center of the painting, not the tulips. Three plums are placed at the base of the jars. The glass vases blend in with the orange background, and only the outlines are traced in white and gold-green. The tulips and fruit are a dull, slightly dull wine color. No matter how you look at it, the main focus is the orange and the pink background that is almost red. This painting depicts three tulips, fruit, and a glass jar, but I can't help but think that it was painted to highlight the light-filled orange and red colors. To bring out the light and color, I painted a glass bottle that lets the light through and is colored in the background, and a wine-colored tulip that is more subdued than red-orange, and fruits of the same color. Let's go back to the beginning, that is. This painting features three different objects in groups of three, and is closer to contemporary art than representational painting. The three objects in subdued colors make the orange color of the background and the light look more vivid.