Michaël Winkel was a visual artist from Dordrecht (the Netherlands), where he lived and worked his entire life. He was a virtuoso draughtsman, printmaker, and painter who exhibited nationally and internationally.

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From a young age, his vivid imagination stood out, with work recalling Hieronymus Bosch (ca. 1450–1516) through its mix of grim and comic elements.

 

Winkel was a withdrawn man who struggled with depression and had limited contact with others. He communicated mainly through his art.

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His work reveals a dark, symbolic, and highly imaginative world where reality and dream merge. Themes are often unsettling and sometimes erotic, but always technically accomplished.

 

His extensive body of work forms a visual biography of his life as an artist and human being.

 

Discover the drawings and paintings 

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