What is Henri Richelet?
{{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Henri Richelet | honorific_suffix = | image = RicheletAutoportrait.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = ''[[Self-portrait]]'' by Henri Richelet. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|6|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Frebécourt]] ([[Vosges]]), [[France]] | death_date ={{death date and age|2020|3|18|1944|6|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[Paris]], France | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | nationality = French | education = [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]], Paris | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = [[Ximena Armas]] | awards = {{awd|First Grand Prix of the [[Casa de Velázquez]], [[Madrid]], 1968 (etching category)}} | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = http://henri.richelet.free.fr | module = }} '''Henri Richelet''' (16 June 1944 – 18 March 2020) was a [[French people|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vosgesmatin.fr/edition-la-plaine/2020/03/26/hommage-a-henri-richelet-peintre-du-temps-qui-passe|title=Hommage à Henri Richelet, peintre du temps qui passe |work=Vosges Matin |date=26 March 2020 |access-date=March 27, 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> == Works in museum collections == * Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile : ** ''Ne pas toucher'' : Indian ink on paper (51&nbsp;x&nbsp;60&nbsp;cm). * Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile : *