Edgar Stoëbel, born Ichoua René Teboul on December 21, 1909 in Frenda, Algeria, and died on December 7, 2001 in Paris, was a French painter. Drawn to music and graphic arts at an early age, he founded a conservatory in Oran and conducted an orchestra before moving to Paris in 1931 to study music. Mobilized during the Second World War, he participated in the Italian campaign and continued to draw, giving birth to his first ideas for "Figurasynthèse."
After 1945, he devoted himself entirely to painting and drawing. In the 1950s, he frequented the artists' club Montparnasse and became friends with Picasso, Anton Prinner, and Pierre Loeb. In 1960, he invented "Figurasynthesis," a subjective pictorial approach that transformed objects into unreal forms, establishing a unique and recognizable style. His painting of the 1960s was part of Concrete Abstraction, a worldwide movement and the final firework of European modernism.
His artistic career is marked by the originality, musicality, and sensitivity of his compositions, which continue to inspire and fascinate collectors and art lovers. In 2022, a collection of 800 paintings by Edgar Stoëbel was rediscovered in his family's attic in Auvergne.
