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Henri Hecht Maik

Henri Hecht Maik (1922 - 1993) was active/lived in France.  Henri Maik is known for Naive animal.

Henri Maik was born in Paris on March 27, 1922 the son of the illustrator and engraver, Joseph Hecht. Maik designates himself as a Primitive painter, not a naïf painter. In many ways, the paintings of Henri Maik are paradoxical, at once familiar and strange, childlike and sophisticated, quiet and vocal with color.  They are dreamscapes; their terrain lush with fields of simple flowers, exotic trees, rare birds and the beasts of the jungle. In a Maik painting, you enter a community of creatures, at rest and at play, dwelling in perfect harmony, who seem to look out at us, as if to suggest we might do as they are doing.

Multi-talented, Maik has designed tapestries woven in collaboration with Aubusson, created a collection of limited edition fine jewelry, and he is the author and illustrator of several popular children's books.

In 1940, at the age of 18, Maik enlisted in the French Navy and served as a medical corpsman. Subsequently, he was captured and imprisoned in th   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2457 characters.]  Artist bio

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