Luc Albert Moreau

Luc Albert Moreau died shortly before the London Games, but his works were shown regardless. In the 1920s, French painter he created a suite of 60 lithographs of the many aspects of boxing, which he considered a noble sport. Physiologie de la Boxe featured paintings and drawings of boxing winners and losers, as well as spectators, managers and trainers. The text is by Edouard des Courieres, the foreword by Henry de Montherlant. It was published by Floury in Paris in 1929 in a limited edition of 242 copies. Moreau himself was an enthusiastic amateur boxer, like his close companion André Dunoyer de Segonzac.

Moreau was a painter with the Cubists up to 1912, but soon reverted to a more traditional style. He also produced lithographs of Parisian bars, restaurants, nightclubs, music halls, brothels and circuses, which revealed a comprehensive knowledge of the lively Paris underworld, including the gay and lesbian scene. These works were considered revolutionary. Another focus of his work was book illustrations. Moreau first attended law school, but then turned to linguistics and got a diploma in Malagasy. Only then did he begin studying art at various schools in Paris. In World War I he was badly wounded and received the Croix de Guerre. He processed the experiences of the war in numerous sketches. After World War I, Moreau lived with the violinist Hélène Jourdan-Morhange, the widow of the painter Jacques Jourdan, who had been killed in the war. The couple were close friends with the famous composer Maurice Ravel. Moreau also worked under the pseudonym Toutounet.