Paris and its environs seemed to be the center of everything in the 20th century, when artists and writers coalesced to feed boundless creativity. The sculptor Chana Orloff and the poet, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau were denizens of important early artistic circles, while the sculptor Jean Tinguely, the artist Niki de Saint Phalle, and the art dealer Louis Carré made the most of next-generation collaborations. Musician Serge Gainsbourg galvanized the entire country. All established influential homes and projects that were central to their lives and work—and are now open to the public.
Atelier-Maison Chana Orloff
The name Chana Orloff may not summon an immediate image. A Ukrainian expat to Paris by way of Palestine in 1910, she was a successful sculptor who counted Ossip Zadkine, Chaim Soutine, and Amadeo Modigliani, other Jewish refugees, among her closest friends. All that is changing with the current exhibition of her work at the Musée Zadkine, where her wooden sculptures seem quite at home.
