“Pictorial and decorative are like fire and water.”
Early years and the surrealist temptation
Michonze investigates different « isms » : fauvism, cubism - but surrealism leaves the most lasting impact.
A choice : poetical realism
His style asserts itself, to become what he later calls « surreal naturalism ».
War and after
After the breach : fighting upstream against the current of abstraction.
Towards greater freedom
A more animated surface and a larger approach.
The matt and lighter period
Giving up varnish generates a more luminous atmosphere...
