CHM's grandfather, the 19th century painter Charles-Henri Michel, was born in 1817 and died in 1905. I don't know how many paintings he did, or how many of them still exist. Below are some that hang in museums and churches in and around the town of Peronne. I know there's one of his paintings in the Tour Jeanne d'Arc in Rouen and another in the chapel at the Château de Blois
CHM-the-grandson, the one I called a friend and who spelled his middle name Henry with a Y, was born in 1924 in Paris and died at the age of 99. So the two CHMs, grandfather and grandson, never knew each other. The father of CHM-the-grandson, who was born in 1860, was a well-known doctor in Paris. He died in 1956.
CHM-the-grandson, the one I called a friend and who spelled his middle name Henry with a Y, was born in 1924 in Paris and died at the age of 99. So the two CHMs, grandfather and grandson, never knew each other. The father of CHM-the-grandson, who was born in 1860, was a well-known doctor in Paris. He died in 1956.
Your post today prompted me to look again at the French Wikipedia article on Charles-Henri Michel, and then to look around at paintings. I liked Le Trio so much when you first showed it to us, in this February 13, 2024 blog post.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these! Longevity definitely runs in chm's family!
ReplyDeleteThat's for sure about the long lives the Michels have lived. An anecdote: One time, when I learned about CHM's father's life and that he had been 64 when CHM was born in 1924, I asked him how old his mother was in 1924. She was 22, CHM said with a twinkle in his eye. I figured he was joking and signaling to me that I had asked an inappropriate question, It was none of my business how old she was.
DeleteDid I mention that CHM's brother, Pierre was 101 when he died a few years ago? I never met him, but I talked to him on the phone a few times.