"Real disappointment! Everything is schematic!" The first solo exhibition of Baltys (at the Pierre gallery in Paris) must have caused a real shock to its visitors. In 1934, abstract art and surrealism had reached their peak and, within this context, Baltys' attempt to "embody painting" (according to poet Pierre-Jean Jouve) made him from the beginning a marginal figure. At 26 years old, Baltys went against the current. His art was based in an eloquent way on imagination and a kind of realism between Renaissance painting, especially from the 15th century, and the most extreme form of Classicism. [...]