About the author
We know little more than nothing about Michael T. (Michael Thibault). It looks like that before starting out the project “Art Frame Design” in 2018, the sales manager from France had never been engaged in any creative activities. However, he did start a blog about contemporary art and design on his website. Other than that, Michael’s got a pretty good understanding of classic art as well. How else would you explain his amazing ability to find paintings that would perfectly match his collages?
“Art Frame Design” is a new Instagram account that merges classic art with modern urban and fashion photography. The person behind the project is Michael T from the web zine “Milkshake” who re imagined what famous characters from classic paintings would look like if they were living in our contemporary world. And he does so by harmoniously framing classic paintings into modern fashion photos. Michael T. might not be a graphic designer, but he really is an art lover!
It all started when Michael was looking for the visuals to post on Milkshake, and since he couldn’t find any, he decided to take an initiative and do it himself. He took one of Van Gogh’s portraits and beautifully framed it into a fashion photo. The reimagined photo of Van Gogh got so many positive comments, likes, and shares on Instagram that Michael decided to make more. People liked his work so much that he came up with an idea to turn this series of photographs into an art project, later named as “Art Frame Design”.
