1909 b. Paris French Painter Studied with Andre Lhote 1931 Influenced by Hans Arp. 1932 Joined the Abstraction-Creation -> movement joining the company of Mondrian ~>, Herbin ~>, Jean Arp, SophieTaeuber, Villon ~> and Kupka ~>. 1933 Exhibited at atelier of Stanley William Hayter. 1938 Exhibits at the Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme? at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts. During this time he beame close to Paul Eluard, Andre Breton, Georges Hugnet, and later to Francis Ponge, Tardieu ~>, Jean Lescure ~> and Frenaud ~>. 1941 Contributed to La Main a Plume. One of the signatories to Etat de presence, the group's founding manifesto, with Adolphe Acker, Marc Patin, Regine Raufast, Jean-François Chabrun, Hans Schoenhoff and Robert Ruis?. 1944- 1948 Illustrated books for Paul Eluard and Francis Ponge and also for the journal Action. 1946 m. Cecile Eluard. 1953 Separates from Cecile. 2005? d. La Bastide d'Armagnac See Wiki(Fr.) -> and web ->. See Timeline