Théobald Michau (1676–1765) was a conservative [1] Walloon painter of landscapes, more famous in his own time than he is today. [2]
Michau was born in Tournai and was a pupil of Lucas Achtschellinck.
Subjects of the country festivals ( Kermesse) that were popularized by David Teniers, father and son to the extent that paintings and tapestries showing such rustic themes were called Ténières. [3] Michau painted designs and perhaps provided full-scale cartoons for tapestry weavers, for surviving records of the Brussels tapestry workshop of Pieter van der Borcht record Teniers peints par le fameux Sr Michau, such Teniers-like subjects painted by "the famous Sieur Michau". [4]
Among his work, on wooden or copper panels, in public collections are the Summer and Winter landscapes in Vienna. [5]
Also he was a teacher and died in Antwerp. Among his pupils was Martin J. Geeraerts, who specialised in painted bas-reliefs en camaïeu. [6]