Biographie
Luc-Albert Moreau (1882-1948) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer, and illustrator, close to the Black Band and the Golden Section movements. He is known for his engravings, lithographs, and illustrations, as well as for his War Suite and The Physiology of Boxing.
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Luc-Albert Moreau was born in 1882. After incomplete law studies and a diploma from the School of Oriental Languages, he entered the Académie Julian in 1905, then attended the studio of Jean-Paul Laurens, where he became friends with André Dunoyer de Segonzac. He then joined the Académie de la Palette and became close to Jean-Louis Boussingault. From 1908, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and associated with modern artistic circles, close to the Bande Noire, the Salon d'Automne, the Section d'Or and the Blaue Reiter. Mobilized in 1914 as a lieutenant, he was seriously wounded in 1918 in Compiègne, during which time he produced the Suite de Guerre. After the war, he devoted himself to lithography, notably with the famous Physiologie de la boxe (1926-1929). In 1919, he became vice-president of the Société des artistes indépendants. He settled in Saint-Tropez in 1925, at the "Maquis", with André Villeboeuf and Dunoyer de Segonzac. He became friends with personalities such as Maurice Ravel, Colette and the engraver Daragnès. After more than twenty years together, he married Hélène Jourdan-Morhange in 1946. In 1947, he designed the costumes for Debussy's Khamma at the Opéra-Comique. Luc-Albert Moreau died on April 29, 1948 in Paris and was buried in Les Mesnuls. In 1949, the Bibliothèque nationale paid tribute to his work, and Colette publishedIn a known country, illustrated by his lithographs.
