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Henri Hecht Maik French, 1922-1993 Dans les Arbes Oil on canvas Signed and dated '84 lower left, also signed and titled to back of canvas. Lion, leopards, monkey, and more lounging in the trees against a yellow/green ground, framed. Bears sticker to verso for Wally Findlay Galleries. Henri Maik was born in Paris on March 27, 1922, the son of the illustrator and engraver, Joseph Hecht. A self-defined Primitive artist, Maik began painting in 1956, having his first one-man show in Paris in 1960. In 1964, Maik caught the attention of Wally Findlay, who hosted Maik's premier United States exhibition in Palm Beach, Florida. This was to be the first of many successful exhibitions presented at Wally Findlay Galleries in New York, Chicago, Palm Beach, Beverly Hills and Paris. 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. Maik has exhibited in the Salon d'Automne, the Salon de Bollène, the Centre National de la Tapissserie d'Aubusson, as well as the Salon of Swedish Art. His paintings are in the National Museum of Budapest, the Center of Contemporary and Experimental Art at Rehoboth, Israel, the Musée d'Art Naif de I'lle-de-France at Vicq and the Musée de Colmar. 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.