Text by Jan Castro, Jan Rudolph de Lorm, Margo Groenewoud, Jennifer Higgie, Klara Kemp-Welch, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Josée Thissen-Rojer.
An émigré artist who brought her Abstract Expressionist training to Curaçao and painted vibrant scenes of its life and people
Born in Hungary, painter Suzanne Perlman (1922–2020) fled Europe during World War II and briefly studied with Oskar Kokoschka before finally settling in Curaçao, where she remained for 50 years, developing a vivid expressionist style that captured the spirit of the island and its people with rare intimacy.
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Published by SKIRA. Text by Jan Castro, Jan Rudolph de Lorm, Margo Groenewoud, Jennifer Higgie, Klara Kemp-Welch, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Josée Thissen-Rojer.
An émigré artist who brought her Abstract Expressionist training to Curaçao and painted vibrant scenes of its life and people
Born in Hungary, painter Suzanne Perlman (1922–2020) fled Europe during World War II and briefly studied with Oskar Kokoschka before finally settling in Curaçao, where she remained for 50 years, developing a vivid expressionist style that captured the spirit of the island and its people with rare intimacy.
