Shirley Jaffe
An American Woman in Paris
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21798006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samantha Lemeunier (0000-0002-6014-2751, École Normale Supérieure, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transatlantica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1765-2766 • E-ISSN: 1765-2766 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/transatlantica.20466 |
| OpenAlex | W4311787484 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
If at first sight the subtitle of the exhibition “Shirley Jaffe: An American Woman in Paris” almost sounds like an oxymoron, the works displayed at the Centre Pompidou this year rather suggested that the artist managed to create a syncretism between French and American cultures. Born in a Jewish family in 1929, Shirley Jaffe lost her father at a young age while her mother spent her time working in order to feed the future artist and her two siblings. After pursuing art studies at Cooper Union
Art · Art history · Canadian Identity and History · Race, History, and American Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |