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Sam (Samuel Berger) Szafran

Sam (Samuel Berger) Szafran (1934 - 2019) was active/lived in France.  Sam Szafran is known for Abstraction and realism, studio interiors, staircases and plant form images.

SAM SZAFRAN (PARIS, 1934 - PARIS, 2019)

Born Samuel Berger in Paris in 1934 to Polish immigrants, Sam Szafran took the maiden name of his mother when he began to sign his works in the 1960s. Although he was briefly enrolled at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière in Paris in the mid 1950’s, he was largely self-taught as an artist.

He exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1957 and two years later at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. While his earliest work was based in abstraction, from around 1960 onwards he began to depict representational subjects, drawn in dry pastels, charcoal or watercolour. Content with studying a limited range of subjects - notably studio interiors, staircases and plant forms -

Szafran produced numerous drawings, each characterized by a very skillful handling of the medium and an abiding interest in perspectival effects. From 1965 onwards Szafran's work was exhibited extensively in France, and also in Switzerland, but only rarely elsew   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1593 characters.]  Artist bio

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