Jean, Marquis de Montebello killed in car crash

[Cynthia Daniel]

I was very shocked and saddened to receive a letter from France yesterday telling me of this news. He was killed instantly in the crash. Jean was working on a career in the US, had established an apartment in New York, and had representation in the US.

Count Phillipe de Montebello is the director of the Met and I believe their relationship is uncle/nephew. I'm working on verifying this. He was just 32 years old.

His web pages are still up: http://www.portraitartist.com/demontebello

[Mike McCarty]

Sad news indeed. Ever since I first discovered the Stroke of Genius site Jean de Montebello's works of art have been an inspiration to me. His style and perspective were something special.

[Chris Saper]

This is so heartbreaking. Thirty -two is simply way too young.

[SB Wang]

Another shoking news after Chen. Jean is the same as John.... His age is close to a critical one--- a Chinese saying goes that: when one is thirty three, is chopped by a knife wildly. I was chopped but survived.
Jackson Pollock died in the same way.

[Cynthia Daniel]

I spoke with Philipe de Montebello, Director of the Met and apparently they are distant cousins and only met one time.