Michel Gigon
French painter (1929–2022)
Michel Paul Marie Gigon (11 September 1929 – 25 May 2022) was a French painter and stained-glass window designer.
Biography
Michel Paul Marie Gigon was born in Caen, Calvados on 11 September 1929. He began his artistic career in 1953. Gigon died in Le Coudray on 25 May 2022, at the age of 92.
Work
Gigon had many exhibitions in France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan and Poland. Many of its paintings are in private collections in France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain.
Caen museum one painting.
Rennes museum several drawings.
Arts et Lettres management of Paris one drawing.
Kłodzko museum (Poland) one painting.
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