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Cahun's works encompassed writing, photography, sculpture and theatre, of which the most remembered are the highly staged self-portraits and tableaux that incorporated the visual aesthetics of Surrealism. During the 1920s, Cahun produced an astonishing number of self-portraits in various guises such as aviator, dandy, doll, body builder, vamp ...
Claude Cahun was a Surrealist photographer whose work explored gender identity and the subconscious mind. View Claude Cahun’s 109 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Claude Cahun's photographic self-portraits present a dizzying kaleidoscopic mix of mystery, exuberance, and sobriety. Born in France, Cahun lived mostly on the island of Jersey with long-term love, Marcel Moore.
Jun 16, 2020 · Claude Cahun was a surrealist, photographer, sculptor, and activist. She is best known for her gender-fluidity in art, and her anti-Nazi resistance.
Cahun is best known for striking photographic self-portraits, yet these personal images were often produced collaboratively with Marcel Moore, Cahun’s lifelong creative and romantic partner.
May 8, 2024 · Claude Cahun was a French writer, photographer, Surrealist, and performance artist who was largely written out of art history until the late 1980s, when her photographs were included in an exhibition of Surrealist photography in 1986. She is known for her self-portraits that portray her as.
Claude Cahun (French pronunciation: [klod ka.œ̃], born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob; 25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer. Schwob adopted the pseudonym Claude Cahun in 1914.
Jun 15, 2017 · In Paris between World Wars I and II, the French photographer Claude Cahun joined the surrealist art movement, producing a series of portraits that captured her self-discovery from age 18 into adulthood.
Apr 5, 2024 · Cahun (1894–1954) was a French artist and writer, now famed for her powerful photographic works. She was born Lucy Schwob into a creative Jewish family; later, in 1917, she assumed the pseudonym Claude Cahun – a gender-neutral first name, with her grandmother’s surname.
Jul 21, 2014 · Decades before Cindy Sherman’s staged self-portraits garnered attention, Claude Cahun produced images – mostly unsold and unseen — challenging gender norms.
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