Michael Postel

Michael Postel
Occupations	Pharmacologist Art collector
Years active	Since 1949
Known for	Musée Asiatica
Spouse	Xintian Zhu [fr][1]
Awards	Padma Shri

Michael Postel (born 7 April 1926) is a French pharmacologist and art collector, known for his contribution of the art collections to Musée Asiatica, a Biarritz-based museum dedicated to Chinese and Indian art.^[2] He is the founder president of Franco-Indian Pharmaceuticals, a drug manufacturing company set up in 1949.^[3] Postel, who reached India in 1949 on business related to his pharmaceutical company, started collecting Indian art and, over the years, gathered a collection of over 1,600 pieces.^[4] Later, he donated his entire collection to Musee Asiatica.^[2] In 2016 the Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri for his contributions to Art.^[5]

See also

• Indian art

• India portal

Musée Asiatica

References

1. "Biarritz : Michel Postel, le fondateur du musée Asiatica, s'en est allé". SudOuest.fr. France. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
2. "Presentation of the site" (PDF). Musee Asiatica. 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
3. "The Management Team". Franco-Indian Pharmaceuticals. 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
4. "Basking In A Bit Of India". Outlook India. 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
5. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2016.