Michel NÉRON (b. 1931). Three men in front of the Apenins, 1968. Ink and graphite, 20 x 26 cm. Signed in ink lower right. Michel Néron is a painter and architect. His painting is representative of his various talents as an art historian, skilled in linguistics and philosophy. He is interested in a variety of media, including drawing and tapestry. The "toile" also claims that he is "the architect of the Grande Motte" and that one of his paintings was used to design a postage stamp, although we have been unable to confirm this...

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