Max Loreau (7 June 1928 – 7 January 1990) was a 20th-century Belgian philosopher, poet and art critic.
[1] He was interested in a number of movements ranging from the Renaissance to Cobra.
His work focused on artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Guillaume Corneille, and Asger Jorn.
A comprehensive study of the logograms by Christian Dotremont was published in 1975; Loreau also worked with Pierre Alechinsky, who helped him to publish L'Épreuve.
Loreau's philosophy is rooted primarily in phenomenology.