August 3, 2017

Oscar Cahén retrospective opens in Fredericton

The Beaverbrook Art Gallery explores the legacy of this abstract artist

The Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton presents a major retrospective of abstract painter Oscar Cahén. After fleeing the Nazis in 1940, the vibrant and emotionally complex artist broadened the scope of illustration and painting in Canada in only a few short years. The exhibit will examine the artist’s significant contributions to Canadian art, expanding the scope of work beyond his well-known images to explore a much larger representation of his oeuvre. The eponymous exhibition opens next month and will run until January 21, 2018.

 

Read the ACI art book Oscar Cahén: Life & Work by Jaleen Grove to learn more about the prolific illustrator and abstract artist.

Oscar Cahén, Untitled (384), 1956, oil on canvas, 61 x 76.2 cm, private collection.

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