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1908 Lyon, France - 1971 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Non objective, geometric abstraction.
Alexander Corazzo was born in Lyon, France and originally studied music from 1918 to 1924. After arriving in the United States in 1927, he studied art at the St. Paul School of Art in Minnesota.... Read full biography
Alexander Corazzo was born in Lyon, France and originally studied music from 1918 to 1924. After arriving in the United States in 1927, he studied art at the St. Paul School of Art in Minnesota. Beginning around 1934, his work became abstract and non-objective and remained so throughout his career.... Read full biography
Alexander Corazzo was born in Lyon, France and originally studied music from 1918 to 1924. After arriving in the United States in 1927, he studied art at the St. Paul School of Art in Minnesota. Beginning around 1934, his work became abstract and non-objective and remained so throughout his career. In 1935 he became one of three Americans invited to join the famed European artists group Abstraction-Creation. His work was illustrated in at least one of the group's publications. In 1937, he... Read full biography
Alexander Corazzo was born in Lyon, France and originally studied music from 1918 to 1924. After arriving in the United States in 1927, he studied art at the St. Paul School of Art in Minnesota. Beginning around 1934, his work became abstract and non-objective and remained so throughout his career. In 1935 he became one of three Americans invited to join the famed European artists group Abstraction-Creation. His work was illustrated in at least one of the group's publications. In 1937, he attended Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's "New Bauhuas" in Chicago. He left after one year. Corazzo was a member of the American Abstract Artists. He exhibited nationally throughout the 1930s and 1940s at museums including The Art Institute of Chicago, The San... Read full biography
Alexander Corazzo was born in Lyon, France and originally studied music from 1918 to 1924. After arriving in the United States in 1927, he studied art at the St. Paul School of Art in Minnesota. Beginning around 1934, his work became abstract and non-objective and remained so throughout his career. In 1935 he became one of three Americans invited to join the famed European artists group Abstraction-Creation. His work was illustrated in at least one of the group's publications. In 1937, he attended Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's "New Bauhuas" in Chicago. He left after one year. Corazzo was a member of the American Abstract Artists. He exhibited nationally throughout the 1930s and 1940s at museums including The Art Institute of Chicago, The San Francisco Museum of Art, The National Gallery of Art and The Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Uni... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Non Objective Subject
Art Association
- •American Abstract Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art