Artist Jean-Michel Folon
Jean-Michel Folon was a Belgian-born illustrator, poster designer and sculptor and watercolorist. Known by only his last name, Folon created art that was popular in France and in the United States from the 1960’s to the present, on posters, in books and magazines and in various advertising campaigns. He worked for American magazines like Horizon, Esquire, The New Yorker and Time and art directors found his symbolic approach a relief from the overly realistic dominant style. Folon was best known for his forlorn though oddly endearing Everyman figure, always alone in an urban landscape, dressed in blue or gray, with brimmed hat and raincoat that conceals a large lumbering body.
