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Biography
She was born in Strasbourg, where she had her first drawing lessons. In 1915-18, she moved to Berlin to continue her drawing studies. In 1920, she had her first trip to Paris where she was strongly influenced by the works of Cézanne. She studied at Zurich University and then in Paris at the Académie Moderne. In 1925, at the Grand Chaumière, she began drawing naked figures and still lifes in an abstract-cubist manner. In the 30s, her work was marked by Surrealism and, in 1947-48, she opened a studio in Paris. She then mainly painted small oil paintings. In 1952, her drawings were mainly geometrical and there is a certain return to the 1925 works. Her collages appear in this period and are a particular feature, along with sculpture, of her 60s work. Between 1952 and 1997, she had several one-man shows in Paris, London, Milan, Turin, Geneva, Zurich and Stockholm. She has also participated in several collective exhibitions, namely the International Exhibition of Modern Art, organised by the Société Anonyme at the Brooklyn Museum in 1926; with the group Cercle et Carré at Galerie 23 in Paris in 1930 and the Exposition-Position at the Denise René Gallery in Paris in 1969, among many others.
Exhibitions
The Berardo Collection: An Addiction to Freedom Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 28-03-2003 ~ 28-09-2003
Marcelle Cahn Centre National d'Art Contemporain, France 01-01-1972 ~ 31-12-1972
Andra Hälften av Avangardet 1910-1940 Kulturhuset Stockholm, Sweden 14-02-1981 ~ 03-05-1981
Leger et l'Esprit Moderne Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France 07-03-1982 ~ 06-06-1982
Fernand Leger and the Modern Spirit Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), USA 09-07-1982 ~ 05-09-1982
Marcelle Cahn Galerie Lahumière, France 01-01-1997 ~ 31-12-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Art Deco Berardo Collection, Sintra Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-03-2007 ~ 14-10-2007
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Leger et l' Espirit Moderne, 1982 Published by Musée d' Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Marcelle Cahn, 1997 Published by Galerie Lahumière
Marcelle Cahn, 1972 Published by Centre National d'Art Contemporain
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
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