Raoul Ubac Belgian, 1910-1985

The painter and sculptor Raoul Ubac was born in 1910 in Malmédy (Belgium). In 1930, he moved to Paris and abandoned his studies in literature to attend the Montparnasse Art Academies. He got closer to the Surrealists and regularly took part in the exhibitions of this group between 1934 and 1940. Ubac trained in burin engraving, which he combined with photography.
From 1951, he exhibited with great regularity at the Galerie Maeght. The famous art magazine "Minotaure" publishes his photo reliefs (solarization). His "brûlages" make his art evolve towards lyrical abstraction. In 1945, Ubac discovers slate, with which he creates imprints where sculpture and engraving seem to combine.
Raoul Ubac died in 1985 in Dieudonné.