Henri Richelet

Henri Richelet (16 June 1944 – 18 March 2020) was a French painter. Inspired by the tradition of Caravaggio, or of Georges de La Tour in his Saint Jérôme pénitent. He used dark backgrounds to make livid and pallid flesh of tense, hunched up bodies stand out.

During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, he died of COVID-19 on 18 March 2020 in Paris, aged 75.

 Works in museum collections 
 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile :
 Ne pas toucher : Indian ink on paper (51 x 60 cm).
 Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile :
 Derniers outrages : oil painting on canvas (100 x 81 cm).

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Category:1944 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:French painters
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Paris