The American artist Alfred Cohen (1920-2001) won a fellowship in 1949 on graduation from the Art Institute of Chicago to come to Europe for a year. He never left, studying and living in Paris and Germany before moving to London in 1960.
Cohen’s work moved between the European figurative tradition and emerging American abstract expressionism, exploring motifs including the French coast, breath-taking panoramas of the river Thames, haunting figures from the commedia dell’arte, and intensely coloured, richly textured landscapes ablaze with light and colour. His exhibitions in Paris and London were critically acclaimed and sold well. Film stars, directors and producers collected his pictures.
Cohen’s work has been acquired by over 50 public collections including the Arts Council, the Ben Uri Collection, the British Council, the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Government Art Collection, the Jerwood Collection, the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Pallant House Gallery, and the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia.
Come and visit!
We are:
3 miles from favourite coastal beach town Wells-next-the-Sea
2 miles from the beautiful historic village of Walsingham
Just over a mile from the spectacular Iron Age Fort at Warham Camp
5 miles from the fabulous Holkham Beach and Holkham Hall
Come and stay in Gallery Cottage, next door to the Museum and Gallery!
TALKING PICTURES
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