Artist questionnaire

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J.P. Hodin's questionnaire completed by Alfred Aberdam with details of his life and work.

[Translation/transcription]

I. LIFE AND WORK DATA

Full name:
Date and Place of Birth:
Art Schools visited:
Dates, Names of Teachers:
Aberdam, Alfred, born in Lviv 1896, academy in Munich (1913-14) and Kraków (1920-22)
Berlin (1922-23) under Archipenko, 1923-1958 in Paris

Advantages connected with education in art schools: influences on further work:
The schools had no lasting influence on me. My personal search began at the beginning of my time in Paris.

When started work in personal direction? Name works and dates:
Around the year 1928, after spending five years in Paris.

Represented in public collections:
Name works and collections
Several pictures acquired by the state collections of France, then Poland and Israel.

Prizes, Scholarships, Awards
First prize in 1922 in Kraków
Second prize in Paris ‘Prix [Mayorkis]’ in 1955

When did you come to France?
1923

State whether mentioned in any book on art:
Name title of book, page, and illustration, if any
Reviews in newspapers and magazines
Articles by Katia Granoff, Valdemar [illegible], [Bonnet] and so on

Date and places of journeys abroad:
Three major exhibitions in Poland, 1934
Then 1949 in Israel and 1952 [illegible] in Israel

Do you belong to a group? (name)
No

Exhibitions held:
Numerous one-man exhibitions in Paris before the war (Katia Granoff, Galerie Worms, Galerie [Van Koujeu], Galerie Marcel Bernheim) After the war (1949) Galerie Beaux Arts (major exhibition of 64 paintings and 15 drawings). This exhibition travelled to Israel. 1955 with Lara Vinci, 1956 Galerie St Placide, with Granoff in 1952. Numerous group shows and salons. Salon of forty nations (1955!) San Camparastan (1957 and 1958). With the Salon des Indépendants for several years etc.

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