Marcelle Cahn | |
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| Born | March 1, 1895 Strasbourg, France |
| Died | September 20, 1981 (aged 86) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Abstraction-Création |
Marcelle Cahn (March 1, 1895 - September 20, 1981) was a French painter and one of the members of Abstraction-Création.[1][2] She was born in a Jewish family of Strasbourg, Alsace[3] and died at 86, in Neuilly-sur-Seine.[4] The French contemporary artist Richard Conte made an homage to Marcelle Cahn in 1995 at the Nicole Ferry Art Gallery (Paris).
Biography
Cahn began studying art as a child, taking painting and drawing classes. She also learned to play the violin and became familiar with the music of Arnold Schoenberg.[5]
In 1915, Cahn, along with her mother and brother, moved to Berlin. In Berlin, she studied under the German painters Lovis Corinth and Eugene Spiro.[6] Cahn was already familiar with the Sturm und Drang movement before her arrival in Berlin, and she further studied it once there.[6] From 1920, she spent time in Paris, where she first experimented with geometrical drawings and briefly studied under Édouard Vuillard and Othon Friesz. Cahn later met Léonce Rosenberg, who introduced her to Fernand Léger, with whom she began to work. She also worked with Amédee Ozenfant, one of the founders of Purism, during this time.[5] In addition to Paris, she also spent time in Strasbourg, and Zurich (where she studied the works of Kant). In 1926, her artwork was shown in Paris and at an exhibition of the Société Anonyme in New York. Cahn also presented her work annually at the exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendantes from 1927 to 1930.[6] In 1929, Cahn was invited to join the Cercle et Carré group of French abstract artists.[5]
During the Second World War, Cahn and her mother hid in a monastery in Toulouse; she returned to Paris in 1947. From 1948, she began showing her abstract artwork at the exhibition of the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, and she began making collages in 1952.[6] Cahn later began making collages on photos, "tableaux-spheres," and "spatial mobiles."[5]
In 1980, Cahn donated 200 collages to the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.[6]
References
- ↑ Nobis, Norbert (1978). Abstraction, création 1931 - 1936. Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte. p. 37.
- ↑ "From Miro to Warhol: The Berardo Collection in Paris at Musée du Luxembourg". artdaily. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ↑ Marcelle CAHN : de l'expressionisme au constructivisme Archived 2009-06-07 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ↑ "Marcelle Cahn". Grand Larousse encyclopédique. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- 1 2 3 4 "Artiste peintre Marcelle Cahn Cercle des Amis de Marcelle Cahn CAMC ..." www.marcelle-cahn.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Marcelle Cahn". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 2021-03-11.