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visitors new original paintings and limited editions
by Parisian Michel Delacroix. For availability of
unique paintings or any limited editions please contact
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Limited editions are shown below with the
most recent editions first.
 Soir de neige place de l'Opera (Snowy Evening at the Opera) Original serigraph Image size: 16 x 12" $750 on paper  Paris, ma grand ville (Paris, My Grand City) Original serigraph Image size: 16 x 12" $750 on paper |
  Famous the world over for his
masterful preservation of the naïf style, Michel
Delacroix (born in Paris in 1933) has earned his
reputation as one of the most beloved artists in the
world today. A self-styled "painter of dreams and of
the poetic past," Delacroix has devoted five decades
to painting a city he calls "the Paris of then," the
magical place where he was born, where he spent his
boyhood, and where he continues to find inspiration
to this day.
The Paris Delacroix paints is not the urban metropolis of the present. It is the dream-like place the city became in 1940, during the Occupation, when "we suddenly jumped fifty years into the past. No more cars in the streets, very few lights. Paris suddenly became very quiet, very dark, and, though people were afraid, there was a brotherhood and spirit that was very delightful. For Delacroix, who was then a child of seven and spared by his age from grasping "the cruelties and absurdities" of war, it was "the one great adventure of my life." And it is to this special Paris - the Paris of by-gone years and innocent splendors that Delacroix has returned to over and over again in his gentle works. These works, renowned for their graceful balance of the earthy and the urban, the cosmic and the ordinary, have captivated private collectors, museums and ordinary people alike throughout the world, earning the artist both universal praise and numerous awards. In the U.S. alone, Delacroix's work has been featured in over 300 solo exhibitions, from New York City, Boston, and Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles, Carmel, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco -- and today, East Lansing! Abroad, his work has been exhibited in France, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, England, and Japan. It forms part of the permanent collections of the Musee International d'Art Naïf and the Foundation Max Fournay in Paris, and of private collections around the globe. In 1994, Michel Delacroix was named an Official Artist of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and commissioned to celebrate the 1996 Games in an oil painting. Titled "Atlanta 1886-1996", Delacroix's stunning work was used to create an Official Poster for the 1996 Games and a special limited edition. In 1994, Delacroix was also honored by the U.S. Olympic Committee, which selected him to serve as an Official Artist and commissioned him to mark the one-hundredth anniversary of the modern Olympic Games in a painting titled "1896 Olympic". In 1995, Delacroix became the Official Artist of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games. |
 Le Demenagemente Oil on Canvas, 23 1/2 x 28 1/2" Sold for $41,000 framed |
 Arc en ciel sur Paris Acrylic on Board, 10 x 13" Sold for $11,400 framed |
 Noel de mon enfance Acrylic on Canvas, 23 x 23" Sold for $45,000 framed |
 Bijou Manege Acrylic on Board, 15 x 18" Sold for $17,500 framed |
 Chute des feuilles (ma maison a Ivors) Acrylic on Board, 10 x 13" Sold for $11,400 framed |
 Retour a la ferme (Le Chateau d'Ivors) Acrylic on Board, 10 x 13" Sold for $11,400 framed |
 Retour de chasse Acrylic on Board, 10 x 13" Sold for $11,400 framed |
 Jeux d'enfants dans la prairie Acrylic on Board, 9 1/2 x 13" Sold for $8,600 framed |
 La Cour du Commerce Acrylic on Board, 10 x 8" Sold for $7,400 framed |
 La chevre Acrylic on Board, 10 x 8" Sold for $7,400 framed |
 L'Aquarelliste Acrylic on Board, 8 x 10" Sold for $7,400 framed |
 Pluie d'automne a Montmartre Acrylic on Board, 15 x 18" Sold for $17,500 framed |
 Mon vieux Paris Acrylic on Canvas, 23 1/2 x 36" Sold for $49,000 framed |
 Le salon bleu Acrylic on Board, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4" Sold |
 Un dimanche a la campagne Acrylic on Board, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4" Sold for $4,000 framed |
 Les Jumeaux Acrylic on Board, 7 x 5" Sold for $3,400 framed |
 Le chevet de Notre Dame a l'aube Acrylic on Board, 15 x 18" Sold for $17,500 framed |
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 Mon Fils et Moi Acrylic on Board, 9 x 7" Sorry, sold |
 La recreation Acrylic on Board, 9 x 7" Sold for $6,000 framed |
 A Ivors Acrylic on Board, 7 1/2 x 6" Sold for $3,600 framed |
 La corde a sauter (au Luxembourg) Acrylic on Board, 9 1/4 x 7 1/2" Sold for $6,000 framed |
 Pleine Hiver Acrylic on Board, 7 x 5 1/2" Sold |
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 Chevaux Noirs Dans la Neige Acrylic on Board, 10 1/2 x 13 1/4" Sorry, sold for $11,500 framed |
 7 Rue des Grands Augustins Acrylic on Board, 13 x 10" Sold for $11,400 framed |
 Le Canal de l'Arsenal Acrylic on Board, 18 x 15" Sold for $17,500 framed |
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