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Alfred Cohen

Alfred Cohen (1920 - 2001) was active/lived in Illinois / Ireland, France, England.  Alfred Cohen is known for River banks, marine, florals and portrait painting.

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The following biography has been supplied by Professor Max Saunders, trustee of the Alfred Cohen Art Foundation:

ALFRED COHEN; 1920-2001

The twentieth-century American artist Alfred Cohen lived in Chicago until 1949, Europe (mainly Paris) until 1960, and in England from then until his death in 2001.

Alfred Benjamin Cohen was an American whose art was firmly rooted in the European tradition; he was inspired in particular by the commedia dell'arte, the caricatures of Daumier and the colour and handling of the Post-Impressionists and Expressionists.

He was born on May 9 1920 in Chicago. His father, a furniture dealer, had emigrated from Latvia to America, where he married the daughter of another Latvian emigre.

Cohen attended the Art Institute of Chicago, but the Second World War intervened, and he volunteered for the US Army Air Force. He hoped for a posting to Europe, but served instead from 1942 to 1945 as a navigator in Flying Fortresses and Lib   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 18951 characters.]  Artist bio

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