Maurice Tabard
About
Returning to Paris in 1928, Tabard transitioned to fashion photography and connected with Surrealist circles through Philippe Soupault, who introduced him to editors like Lucien Vogel and Alexey Brodovitch. Influenced by Man Ray and René Magritte, he pioneered techniques such as solarization, superimposition, and photomontage, with his work featured in magazines like Harper’s Bazaar, Vu, Bifur, and Le Jardin des Modes. His avant-garde pieces appeared in landmark exhibitions including Film und Foto (1929, Stuttgart), Julien Levy Gallery shows (1932, New York), and Galerie La Pléiade (1933–1934, Paris). Tabard continued experimenting through the 1950s, with retrospectives like one curated by Francis Quirk at Lehigh University in 1951 alongside Ansel Adams.
Surrealist and modernist photography featuring solarization, superimposition, double exposure, and photomontage
Selected Exhibitions
- Film und Foto (1929, Stuttgart)
- Film und Foto (1930, Vienna)
- Surrealism (1932, Julien Levy Gallery, New York)
- Modern European Photography (1932, Julien Levy Gallery, New York)
- Galerie d'Art Contemporain / La Pléiade (1933, Paris)
- Galerie la Pleiade (1934, Paris)
- Les Dix (1936, Jules Lelev, Paris)
- Lehigh University (1951)