as a writer to be finished, he turned to painting for research into composition of light, which he expressed by using turquoise blue and rose mauve as the basic colors of his palette. It took him fifteen years of intense work to master his new technique. During this period he wrote his essay on painting L'Hyperbole Chromatique (the Chromatic Hyperbola), was published in 1957 and translated into English soon after. Suarès' paintings previous to 1958 are figurative. Some are of African inspiration (somewhat surrealistic). Some are inspired by the Bible, other are compositions. Many of these paintings are in Egypt at present. In 1958 Suarès suddenly realized that his painting and his Qabala were just two aspects of his one aim in life: the rebirth of creative spontaneity. In painting, according to him, this means a special projection or color as light, arranged in such a way as to arouse in the eyes of the spectator a movement, both in width and in depth, and thereby help the psyche in its inner investigations. Such an art is obviously bound to eliminate every figure, even geometrical. Suarès thus hopes that his painting will be a contribution to the great spiritual values, (religious, in the deepest sense of the word) which lie in non-figurative painting. Painting activities 1939-45 In Egypt during the war, Carlo Suarès devoted himself to painting. One-man exhibition in Cairo Two in Alexandria Oils in Cairo, Alexandria, São Paulo (Brazil) museums Paintings sold to different collections 1946-58 in Paris One-man exhibitions: Galeries Ariel, 2 consecutive years Galeries Colette Allendy Galerie Suzanne de Coninck One oil acquired by Musée d'Art Moderne Paris 50x30 inches 1957 Wrote "l'Hyperbole Chromatique" (a grammar of painting), to explain his new synthesis of light. That text is well known in different European counties and has been reprinted by the official French Review "Couleurs". It has recently been translated into English as: The Chromatic Hyperbola". 1958 The French government sends to Warsaw (Poland) one hundred paintings representative of French Art (one painting for each artist). One oil chosen and given an important place in the Catalogue. 1962 Gallery Rose Freid, NY acquires a couple of paintings (some others left in deposit). Following Mrs. Freid's death, the remaining paintings were brought back to Paris. 1965 Invited by the museum of Modern Art, Santa Barbara, California, for one-man exhibition. Sells in California about 10 paintings, oils and tempra.