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<strong>Oscar</strong> <strong>Cahén</strong><br />

Life & Work by Jaleen Grove<br />

Key Exhibitions<br />

<strong>Oscar</strong> <strong>Cahén</strong> first exhibited in his late teens but, aside from two known exceptions,<br />

ceased showing until 1947 as he concentrated on his illustration career. During the<br />

1950s <strong>Cahén</strong> exhibited widely. His work has been included in major exhibitions ever<br />

since.<br />

Installation view of <strong>Oscar</strong> <strong>Cahén</strong> Memorial Exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1959. The <strong>Cahén</strong> Archives<br />

1934<br />

1943<br />

1952<br />

1953<br />

November 1934, <strong>Oscar</strong> <strong>Cahén</strong>, Ole Haslund’s Hus, Copenhagen.<br />

November 1943, Works by Mrs. Emme Frankenburg, Sam Borenstein and <strong>Oscar</strong> <strong>Cahén</strong> / Exhibition of<br />

Sketches, Watercolours and Illustrations by <strong>Oscar</strong> <strong>Cahén</strong>, Art Association of Montreal (now the Montreal<br />

Museum of Fine Arts).<br />

October 1952, Canadian Abstract Exhibition, Oshawa YWCA and Hart House, Toronto.<br />

October 1953, Abstracts at Home, The Robert Simpson Co., Toronto.<br />

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