Bibliograph

Liberated, the radical art and life of Claude Cahun, Kaz Rowe

Type

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Liberated, the radical art and life of Claude Cahun, Kaz Rowe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 12 and up, Getty PublicationsGrades 10-12, Getty Publications

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Liberated

Nature of contents

comics graphic novelsbibliography

Oclc number

1348177877

Responsibility statement

Kaz Rowe

Sub title

the radical art and life of Claude Cahun

Summary

At the turn of the 20th century in Nantes, France, Lucy Schwob met Suzanne Malherbe, and lightning struck. The two became partners both artistically and romantically and transformed themselves into the creative personas Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Together, the couple embarked on a radical journey of Surrealist collaboration that would take them from conservative provincial France to the vibrancy of 1920s Paris to the oppression of Nazi-occupied Jersey during World War II, where they used art to undermine the Nazi regime. Cahun and Moore challenged gender roles and championed freedom at a time when strict societal norms meant that the truth of their relationship had to remain secret. Featuring 10 photographs by Cahun and Moore, this graphic biography by cartoonist Kaz Rowe brings Cahuns inspiring story to lifeThis graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore

Target audience

adolescent

Classification