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Claude Cahun

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Also known as Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob, Lucy Schwob, Claude Courlis, Daniel Douglas

French artist (1894–1954)

Person · Open Library

Born
1894
Died
1954
Works
10

Top works

  • Aveux non avenus
  • 3ody configurations
  • Confesiones inconfesas
  • Ecrits
  • Les Ecrits De Cahun

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1894
Active to
1954

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Key facts

Born
Lucy Renée Mathilde Schwob , ( 1894-10-25 ) 25 October 1894, Nantes , France
Died
8 December 1954 (1954-12-08) (aged 60), Saint Helier , Jersey
Resting place
St Brelade's Church , 49°11′03″N 2°12′10″W / 49.1841°N 2.2029°W / 49.1841; -2.2029
Known for
Photography, writing, sculpture, collage
Movement
Surrealism
Partner
Marcel Moore (1909–1954)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lucy
Gender
female
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Nantes
Place of death
Saint Helier
Occupation
painter
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Field of work
literature
Movement
surrealism
Official website
www.claudecahun.org
Image
Claude Cahun - I Am in Training Don't Kiss Me.jpg
Work location
Paris
Residence
Paris
Significant event
victim
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Commons category
Claude Cahun
date of birth
1894-10-25
date of death
1945-00-00
birth name
Lucy Renée Mathilde Schwob
name in native language
Claude Cahun
sexual orientation
lesbianism
place of burial
Saint Brelade
has works in the collection
J. Paul Getty Museum
writing language
French
ethnic group
Jewish people
Commons Creator page
Claude Cahun
unmarried partner
Marcel Malherbe
Sources (8)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Claude Cahun, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Claude Cahun ( French: [klod kaœ̃]; born Lucy Renée Mathilde Schwob; 25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer.

Schwob adopted the pseudonym Claude Cahun in 1914. From 1920 onwards she began to appear publicly under this name. Her photographic work is characterised by self‑stagings, light reflections and shadows. The artist saw herself as a master of transformation and used photography to record her metamorphoses. Cahun is best known as a writer and self-portraitist, who assumed a variety of performative personae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Claude Cahun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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