Max Bucaille (1906-1996) He was born in Sainte Croix-Hague next to Cherbourg, and led a career as a mathematics professor while also dedicating his life to the search for “the real place” at the end of a daydream – a daydream dear to his favorite philosopher, Gaston Bachelard. He created poems and surrealist collages from 1930, and collaborated with artistic reviews and publications from 1936 to 1939.
Upon his return from captivity in Czechoslovakia, he became a member of the Surrealist Revolutionary Group from 1947 to 1949 with Noel Arnaud, Jean Laude and Christian Dotremont. While continuing to pursue the art of collage, he enriched his palate with painting and sculpture. He created a new pictorial technique: “photopeinture” with much time spent in a darkroom
His meeting with Emile Malespine gave rise to a friendship, and many the two would exchange and compare many techniques. Bucaille regularly went to Clairefontaine in the Yvelines to visit the former house of Malespine, and it was in this magical safe haven that he would create his paintings and sculptures.
He was a founding and prominent member of the international group “Fantasmagie”. He is considered one of the masters of fantastical realism. He was also a member of the Collège de Pataphysique.
Creator, seeker, tireless experimenter, he never stopped perfecting his techniques. Always moving, much like his work, with the constant desire to innovate, to surpass himself, putting everything in question, life, his work…From http://www.maxbucaille.com
Nació en Sainte Croix Hague cerca de Cherbourg el 30 de junio de 1906, profesor de matématicas en el Val de Marne, dedicó su vida a la busque da del« verdadero lugar » al final de un ensueño, àquel ensueño tan grato a Gaston Bachelard, su filósofo preferido.Autor de poemas y colages surrealistas a partir de 1930 participó a revistas y publicaciones en los años 1936-1939.A su vuelta de captividad en Checoslovaquia integró el gruposurrealista revolucionario de 1947 a 1949, con Noel Arnaud, Jean Laude y Christian Dotremont. Al mismo tiempo que se dedicaba a los colages fue enriqueciendo su obra con pintura y escultura, creando nueva técnica pictural la foto pintura con numerosos experimentos en càmara negra. De su encuentro con Emile Malespine nació una amistad, intercambios y confrontaciones de técnicas.
Bucaille iba a menudo a Clairefontaine en las Yvelines en la antigua casa de Malespine, en aquel remanso de paz, lugar màgico en el que nacieron numerosas pinturas y esculturas. Fue uno de los fundadores y el màs eminente representante del grupo internacional« Fantasmagía » Se considera como uno de los maestros del realismo fantàstico. También fue miembro del colegio de Patàfisica
Creador, investigador y experimentador incansable, ne dejó de mejorar sus técnicas. Siempre en movimiento como su obra, con aquella voluntad insaciable de innovar, de sobrepasarse y ponerlo todo en tela de juicio, tanto su vida como su obra.