Grégoire Michonze

He continued his studies at the Academy of Painting in Bucharest and befriended the artist Victor Brauner.

During this period, Michonze met and developed a strong friendship with the Jewish École de Paris artist Chaïm Soutine.

He had extended stays in the United States where he spent time with his close friend, the American author Henry Miller.

Michonze also travelled frequently to Israel where he exhibited, visited with his mother, and re-acquainted himself with his Jewish roots.

A marked majority of his paintings include depictions of groups of people—families, villagers, peasants, children—and most works evince an allegory or narrative of some kind.