Michèle Van de Roer (born September 12, 1956 in The Netherlands at Delft) is a contemporary French artist: a painter, designer, photographer, and engraver. Life Van de Roer was born in Delft. She studied formally at the École d'Arts de Valence, Pratt Institute of Design in New York, and École Nationale Supérieure du Paysage in Versailles. Van de Roer currently works at the Fondation La Ruche in Montparnasse, Paris and is also an Adjunct Professor of landscape design at École Nationale Supérieure du Paysage. Early biography The daughter of an architect in Delft, Michèle Van de Roer demonstrated an early fascination with perspective as she sat at draftsman's tables in her father's studio. Starting at age five she began drawing freehand landscapes of the surrounding countryside, manifesting a remarkable ability to portray depth and to capture shadow and light with a sophistication that both surprised and impressed her father. The same Dutch scenery with its neat, tree lined geometric shapes that had inspired 17th century masters such as Vermeer and then modern artists such as Piet Mondrian, was endlessly fascinating to her. Encouraged by her father, she studied and practiced drafting throughout her childhood. Training She began to study photography and etching. She moved permanently to France in 1976 and studied etching at Lacourière Frelaut under the tutelage of Jacques Frelaut, the master printer of Picasso, Chagall and Léger. From 1977 through 1980 she attended the École d'Arts de Valence and was a student of artist Pierre Buraglio and Jacques Clerc, her instructor for advanced etching techniques. Jacques Clerc, an artist, sculptor and publisher, subsequently asked her to create etchings for the limited edition L'Automne Écorché Vif for his publishing imprint, Éditions La Sétèrée. Additionally, at École d'Arts de Valence she was also a student of noted contemporary artist Pierre Soulages. During 1980–81 she completed her undergraduate studies in art history at the University of Grenoble. In 1982 Van de Roer received a Fulbright Scholarship and used the financial support to pursue, and to complete in 1983, a fine arts masters program at the Pratt Institute of Design in Brooklyn, New York. During this postgraduate education at Pratt in 1982-3, she was selected by a jury to show in the "Architecture in Contemporary Prints" show at Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York along with Robert Rauschenberg and Christo. In 2003—06 she attended a postgraduate program, and graduated from, the École