The Sharp Wit of Mich To look at the work of Jean-Marie Michel Liebeaux, known to the public simply as Mich, is to see the early twentieth century through a lens of calculated amusement. He was not a painter of grand canvases but a draftsman, caricaturist, and poster designer who understood the pulse of Parisian commerce. His lines did not seek to replicate reality; they sought to sell it with a wink. Moving to Paris in 1904, he broug…