Michel Stoffel
ABOUT MICHEL STOFFEL
Painter and writer who was associated with a group of Luxembourg-based abstract artists called the Iconomaques.
He earned his living through working for an insurance company.
He was awarded the prestigious Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe in the 1930s for his artwork.
His family moved from Luxembourg to Belgium when he was ten years old.
He and the renowned Russian artist Mark Rothko were born in the same year.