Harold Cohn - Artist Info

About Harold Cohn

  • Biography from the Archives of askART

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    Harold Cohn was a painter, designer and lithographer who began exhibiting his art in Detroit around 1930.

    During his career, Harold Cohn explored many elements of modern art. Some of his paintings and drawings are related to Cubism in their manner of construction while others are more closely reminiscent of Matisse. These influences can be seen in many of his drawings and paintings.

    His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the country including, The Detroit Institute of Arts (1933-45), The Carnegie Institute (1941, 1943), The Los Angeles Museum of Art (1945), The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1934), and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1942).

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    Bellus Fine Art
  • Biography from Neue Auctions

    Harold Cohn was born in 1908 in Detroit, MI, and also lived in Island Hts, New Jersey. Cohn worked as a painter, lithographer, and teacher. He studied at the Detroit Society of Arts & Crafts, with Samuel Halpert, John Carroll. Cohn's work has been exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Art, from 1933-45 (prize, 1944); As well as at Penn. Academy of Fine Art, 1934; Art Institute of Chicago, 1936, 1938; Corcoran Gal, 1937-41 1947; Friends Mod. A., 1938 (prize), 1940 (prize), 1943 (prize); Carnegie Inst., 1941, 1943; VMFA, 1942; Pepsi-Cola, 1945; Los A. Mus. A., 1945 Work: BMFA; Detroit Inst. A. Harold Cohn passed away in 1982 in Michigan.

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