Art Appreciation
Best known as a Parisian painter, Pascin's frequent subjects were nude or partly dressed women in casual poses.
Born Julius Mordecai Pincas on March 31, 1885, Pascin started making first drawings in a local brothel at the age of fifteen. After receiving training in Vienna and Munich, he began drawing to a satirical magazine called Simplicissimus.
As many artists of the early 20th Century, Pascin moved to Paris. He soon held his first solo exhibition at Paul Cassirer Gallery in Berlin. He then exhibited his work in commercial galleries, Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants, the Berlin Secession, and the Sonderbund-Ausstellung in Cologne.
In 1913, Pascin exhibited in the United States twelve of his works at the Armory Show in New York.
To escape servicing in the Bulgarian army, Pascin moved to the United States. There he married French painter Hermine Lionette Cartan David in 1918.
Although Pascin became a naturalized United States citizen, he returned to Paris and began a relationship with model Lucy Vidil Krohg.
He became a symbol of Montparnasse artistic community. During the 20s, Pascin painted petites filles, prostitutes waiting for clients, which were popular.
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