Alfred Cohen (1920-2001) was an American artist whose art was firmly rooted in the European tradition; he was inspired in particular by the commedia dell'arte; and by the color and handling of the Post-Impressionists and Expressionists.Cohen was born on May 9, 1920, in ChicagoCohen attended the Art Institute of Chicago but left to enlist in the US Army Air Forces. He served from 1942 to 1945 as a navigator in Flying Fortresses and Liberators based in the Pacific Theater.After the war, Cohen returned to the Art Institute, where he studied under Louis Ritman, Boris Anisfeld (who collaborated with Léon Bakst), and Egon Weiner. In 1949 he was awarded a fellowship to study in Europe, where he was to spend the rest of his life. He lived in France and Germany and traveled widely throughout the Continent. Cohen and his first wife, Virginia Adler, lived in Sam Francis' old studio on the Boulevard Arago in Paris, where he studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.

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