Afterword: "We build in our dreams a monument to the unknown postmen to thank them all for having allowed these images to reach their destination." In the 1990s, Folon decided to create a foundation in the Solvay Castle, La Hulpe. In 2005, under the direction of Marilena Pasquali, Fabio Mochi organised the exhibition of Jean-Michel Folon in Florence which six years later gave rise to the creation of the permanent Folon exhibition in the Giardino delle Rose (Rose Garden) in Florence. Another piece of television quite famous and remembered is a commercial about methane for SNAM. The soundtrack is Dolorosa by Michel Colombier. Personal life Folon settled in the outskirts of Paris in 1955. In 1985, he moved to Monaco. Milton Glaser describes an incident with Folon in the 1970s: "Last year a group of us were driving at dusk from Paris to Folon's house at Burcy. As we passed the forest of Fountainbleau, Jean-Michel mentioned that we were going to have rabbit for dinner. My wife, Shireley, recoiled and said, "I can't eat rabbit, I have a rabbit at home" (referring to Mr. Hoffman, our dwarf albino). Jean-Michel paused thoughtfully for a moment and said, "O.K., then we can have some nice cheese . . . unless you have a cheese at home." Death Jean-Michel Folon died in Monaco on 20 October 2005, at the age of 71. He was buried at the Monaco Cemetery. His two children Catherine and François were both handicapped and died at a young age. Book covers Gros-Câlin, by Romain Gary Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley Universal Declaration of Human Rights Le Buveur de temps, by Philippe Delerm Les philosophes et l'amour, by Aude Lancelin In popular culture In 1980, the disco singer Sheila mentions him in 'Les sommets blancs de Wolfgang,' on her album Pilote sur les ondes. In 1985, the song 'Comme dans les dessins de Folon', written by Philippe Delerm, on the album "La langue de chez nous," by Yves Duteil. In 2014, the singer Calogero mentions the soundtracks of Ennio Morricone and the flying men of Folon as inspirations. In 2015, Cyril Houplain mentions Folon as an inspiration to create the visual universe of -M- aka Matthieu Chedid's album Nous deux (Ma mélodie). Notes External links Full biography of his life The Folon Foundation in La Hulpe 1934 births 2005 deaths Belgian expatriates in Monaco People from Uccle 20th-century