A Life Shaped by Light and Line Born in Metz, France, Charles-Raphaël Maréchal grew up in an environment where the interplay of light and material was a daily reality. His father, Laurent-Charles Maréchal, was a painter of glass, and it was through him that the young Charles-Raphaël first learned the delicate, precise technique of charcoal. This early training did more than just teach him how to hold a tool; it instilled a deep unders…