A new temporary exhibition of stunning flower paintings, drawings and etchings at the intriguing new art museum in North Norfolk devoted to the bold, distinctive work of American-born artist Alfred Cohen.
Alfred Cohen (1920-2001) won a travelling fellowship after graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago. He came to Europe for a year, but never left, living in Paris and Germany before moving to London in 1960. His work was well received in Britain. Arts Review wrote of ‘a fine wildness about Cohen's pictures that instantly commands attention’ and Apollo said: ‘He reacts with a fierce passion to direct experience. His emotional power and exuberantly vigorous response infuses his paintings with an intensity that makes much contemporary expressionism look feeble’.
The Alfred Cohen Museum occupies his two studios at the School House, Wighton, near Wells-next-the-Sea – his home for his last twenty-two years. Alfred Cohen’s work is represented in over 50 public collections in Britain, including the Arts Council, the British Council, the Government Art Collection, the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Pallant House, the Barber Institute, and the Fitzwilliam Museum.
The School House, Wighton, was formerly the home of the sculptor Henry Moore. The School House Gallery has established a reputation over 40 years as one of East Anglia’s leading galleries for modern and contemporary art, and has had exhibitions of many artists including Moore, Hockney, David Jones, Gwyneth Johnstone, Derrick Greaves, Brüer Tidman, Elizabeth Humphries, Eric Gill, Sula Rubens, and Cohen.
Its opening hours are the same as the Museum:.
Tuesday – Sunday 11.30AM-5.00PM
Free Entry
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