Maïté Delteil

Maite Delteil (born 1933 in Furnel, France) is a French painter exhibiting predominantly in India.

Biography Maite Delteil was raised in the French countryside and educated at the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Academie de la Grand Chaumiere and the Académie Julian.

Delteil's work has been described as creating an "idyllscape" of "everyday scenes". Her exhibition Enchanted at Art Musings Gallery, Colaba, Mumbai in January 2013 consisted of intricate colourful paintings of "perfectly round trees, serene-looking people and pretty birds"

Delteil has had exhibitions in several other countries, including France, the United States. and Japan. Her works are in several public and private collections of these countries.

Personal life Delteil married Indian painter Sakti Burman in 1963. Her daughter is award-winning painter Maya Burman. Besides her husband and daughter, her extended family includes eminent artists: Jayasri Burman, her husband's niece and Jayasri's husband Paresh Maity. Delteil spends half the year living in Paris and the other half in India.