BIOGRAPHY
Michel MACRÉAU (1935-1995)
Michel Macréau, born in Paris in 1935, is a self-taught painter often associated with the Free Figuration and New Figuration movements. After a discreet start, he gained recognition in the 1960s with a direct, spontaneous, almost wild style of painting.
His work, blending figures, words, graffiti and symbols, translates a poetic revolt against pictorial conventions. Macréau paints as one writes a cry, in a visceral urgency.
He champions a raw expressiveness, where the human figure embodies both suffering and vitality. Admired by young artists in the 1980s, he is now recognized as a pioneer of street art and instinctive art. His work remains an ode to freedom and the energy of gesture.
THE WORKS
Michel MACRÉAU
(1935-1995))
Two Faces, 1966
2 oil paintings on canvas - Diptych.
One is monogrammed and the other is dated on the back.
35 x 22 cm and 35 x 24 cm
Provenance:
- Collection of the painter David Azuz, a friend of the artist.
- Private collection, France.
Michel MACRÉAU
(1935-1995))
Characters
Gouache, 1965
Monogrammed at the bottom right and left.
64 x 50 cm
Origin:
- Collection of the painter David Azuz, a friend of the artist.
- Private collection, France.
Michel MACRÉAU
(1935-1995))
Face with a red cross
Oil on cardboard, 1965
Monogrammed on the right
66.5 x 37.5 cm
Origin:
- Collection of the painter David Azuz, a friend of the artist.
- Private collection, France.