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Shirley Jaffe BIOGRAPHY
1923 Elizabeth, New Jersey - 2016 Louveciennes, France. Known for: Abstract expressionist and geometric painting.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Shirley Jaffe, Geometric Artist of Joyful Forms, Dies at 92. By William Grimes, September 30, 2016. Shirley Jaffe, an American painter working... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Shirley Jaffe, Geometric Artist of Joyful Forms, Dies at 92. By William Grimes, September 30, 2016. Shirley Jaffe, an American painter working in Paris whose brilliantly colored, dancing geometric forms found an appreciative new audience when... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Shirley Jaffe, Geometric Artist of Joyful Forms, Dies at 92. By William Grimes, September 30, 2016. Shirley Jaffe, an American painter working in Paris whose brilliantly colored, dancing geometric forms found an appreciative new audience when she began exhibiting in New York in the 1990s, died on Thursday in Louveciennes, France, near Versailles. She was 92. Her death was confirmed by her brother, Jerry Sternstein. Ms. Jaffe moved to Paris... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Shirley Jaffe, Geometric Artist of Joyful Forms, Dies at 92. By William Grimes, September 30, 2016. Shirley Jaffe, an American painter working in Paris whose brilliantly colored, dancing geometric forms found an appreciative new audience when she began exhibiting in New York in the 1990s, died on Thursday in Louveciennes, France, near Versailles. She was 92. Her death was confirmed by her brother, Jerry Sternstein. Ms. Jaffe moved to Paris in 1949 and, somewhat to her own surprise, settled in and stayed. She was surrounded in the early days by a coterie of American artists, including Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell and Al Held, and the Canadian Jean-Paul Riopelle. Her Abstract... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Shirley Jaffe, Geometric Artist of Joyful Forms, Dies at 92. By William Grimes, September 30, 2016. Shirley Jaffe, an American painter working in Paris whose brilliantly colored, dancing geometric forms found an appreciative new audience when she began exhibiting in New York in the 1990s, died on Thursday in Louveciennes, France, near Versailles. She was 92. Her death was confirmed by her brother, Jerry Sternstein. Ms. Jaffe moved to Paris in 1949 and, somewhat to her own surprise, settled in and stayed. She was surrounded in the early days by a coterie of American artists, including Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell and Al Held, and the Canadian Jean-Paul Riopelle. Her Abstract Expressionist work found a home in the Jean Fournier Gallery. She became a fixture on the scene. But she experienced... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist.
Shirley Jaffe, Geometric Artist of Joyful Forms, Dies at 92
By William Grimes, September 30, 2016
Shirley Jaffe, an American painter working in Paris whose brilliantly colored, dancing geometric forms found an appreciative new audience when she began exhibiting in New York in the 1990s, died on Thursday in Louveciennes, France, near Versailles. She was 92.
Her death was confirmed by her brother, Jerry Sternstein.
Ms. Jaffe moved to Paris in 1949 and, somewhat to her own surprise, settled in and stayed. She was surrounded in the early days by a coterie of American artists, including Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell and Al Held, and the Canadian Jean-P...But wait, there's more...
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