The painter, draftsman and illustrator Ernest Engel was born in 1885 in
the town of Spa (Belgium), he was about 40 years old when he begins to
paint, and moved to Paris. There, under the influence of disputes and
the new artistic ideas, his creativity begins to weigh on abstraction.
In 1927, he, Torrès-Garcia and J. Hélion were excluded from the Autumn Salon, and Engel exposes his abstract paintings at the "Salon
of exiled" . In 1929, after the rapprochement with former participants of
the Dada and Surrealism he opens for himself this artistic movement, his work occurs a lyrical
character. In 1934 he left Paris for 10 years and settled in Vahe.
There he became friends with Paul Eluard, for a book of which "Objets de
mots et des images", he makes illustrations. He exhibited in the Salon of
the "new reality". Since 1953, he has refused many offers of
prestigious galleries to preserve the "freedom". He exhibits his works
in the south, in Paris and Belgium. Engel-Pak died in December 1965.
The first steps in the abstract art, bold experiments, and works
of a mature style - сreativity, Engel-Pak has consistently maintained
its strength and originality.
